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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-01-23 10:37:01 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-01-23 10:37:01 +0100
commitdd6b28d18b089235f6a29fc5435d1815cea76309 (patch)
tree00b58e11a3135d01df5b4f8f73dad1415a559e7d
parentde71cc4f83977000addf7cacf47bcc26f16725c6 (diff)
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install: Make sure 'info' can decompress the Info files.
* gnu/system/install.scm (log-to-info): Add GZIP to $PATH.
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 35462fff75..98b9d9de2b 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages disk)
#:use-module (gnu packages grub)
#:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
#:export (installation-os))
;;; Commentary:
@@ -42,10 +43,14 @@
"Return a script that spawns the Info reader on the right section of the
manual."
(gexp->script "log-to-info"
- #~(execl (string-append #$texinfo-4 "/bin/info") "info"
- "-d" "/run/current-system/profile/share/info"
- "-f" (string-append #$guix "/share/info/guix.info")
- "-n" "System Installation")))
+ #~(begin
+ ;; 'gunzip' is needed to decompress the doc.
+ (setenv "PATH" (string-append #$gzip "/bin"))
+
+ (execl (string-append #$texinfo-4 "/bin/info") "info"
+ "-d" "/run/current-system/profile/share/info"
+ "-f" (string-append #$guix "/share/info/guix.info")
+ "-n" "System Installation"))))
(define %backing-directory
;; Sub-directory used as the backing store for copy-on-write.