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diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index 24b62b8f06..4b311c4982 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2017 ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Ben Woodcroft <donttrustben@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Theodoros Foradis <theodoros@foradis.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -1127,7 +1128,7 @@ can solve two kinds of problems:
(license license:bsd-3)))
;; For a fully featured Octave, users are strongly recommended also to install
-;; the following packages: texinfo, less, ghostscript, gnuplot.
+;; the following packages: less, ghostscript, gnuplot.
(define-public octave
(package
(name "octave")
@@ -1159,6 +1160,7 @@ can solve two kinds of problems:
("glu" ,glu)
("zlib" ,zlib)
("curl" ,curl)
+ ("texinfo" ,texinfo)
("graphicsmagick" ,graphicsmagick)))
(native-inputs
`(("lzip" ,lzip)
@@ -1173,14 +1175,23 @@ can solve two kinds of problems:
;; will still run without them, albeit without the features they
;; provide.
("less" ,less)
- ("texinfo" ,texinfo)
("ghostscript" ,ghostscript)
("gnuplot" ,gnuplot)))
(arguments
`(#:configure-flags
(list (string-append "--with-shell="
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash")
- "/bin/sh"))))
+ "/bin/sh"))
+ #:phases
+ (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-after 'configure 'configure-makeinfo
+ (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (substitute* "libinterp/corefcn/help.cc"
+ (("Vmakeinfo_program = \"makeinfo\"")
+ (string-append "Vmakeinfo_program = \""
+ (assoc-ref inputs "texinfo")
+ "/bin/makeinfo\"")))
+ #t)))))
(home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/")
(synopsis "High-level language for numerical computation")
(description "GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language that is