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diff --git a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm index 8b9ed00de7..51497030c2 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm @@ -89,6 +89,41 @@ is on expressing the content semantically, avoiding physical markup commands.") (native-inputs '()) (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses) ("xz" ,xz))))) +(define-public info-reader + ;; The idea of this package is to have the standalone Info reader without + ;; the dependency on Perl that 'makeinfo' drags. + (package + (inherit texinfo-6.1) + (name "info-reader") + (arguments + `(#:disallowed-references ,(assoc-ref (package-inputs texinfo-6.1) + "perl") + + #:modules ((ice-9 ftw) (srfi srfi-1) + ,@%gnu-build-system-modules) + + #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases + (add-after 'install 'keep-only-info-reader + (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys) + ;; Remove everything but 'bin/info' and associated + ;; files. + (define (files) + (scandir "." (lambda (file) + (not (member file '("." "..")))))) + + (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))) + (with-directory-excursion out + (for-each delete-file-recursively + (fold delete (files) '("bin" "share")))) + (with-directory-excursion (string-append out "/bin") + (for-each delete-file (delete "info" (files)))) + (with-directory-excursion (string-append out "/share") + (for-each delete-file-recursively + (fold delete (files) + '("info" "locale")))) + #t)))))) + (synopsis "Standalone Info documentation reader"))) + (define-public texi2html (package (name "texi2html") |