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+++ b/gnu/packages/man.scm
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages groff)
#:use-module (gnu packages less)
#:use-module (gnu packages lynx)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
#:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config))
(define-public libpipeline
@@ -107,3 +109,32 @@ a flexible and convenient way.")
accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of
the traditional flat-text whatis databases.")
(license gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public help2man
+ (package
+ (name "help2man")
+ (version "1.45.1")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/help2man/help2man-"
+ version ".tar.xz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1hk7ciqinq7djdb7s94y3jxh06rp8i93bpjmg4r40cniws8wf3y7"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments `(;; There's no `check' target.
+ #:tests? #f))
+ (inputs
+ `(("perl" ,perl)
+ ;; TODO: Add these optional dependencies.
+ ;; ("perl-LocaleGettext" ,perl-LocaleGettext)
+ ;; ("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)
+ ))
+ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/")
+ (synopsis "Automatically generate man pages from program --help")
+ (description
+ "GNU help2man is a program that converts the output of standard
+\"--help\" and \"--version\" command-line arguments into a manual page
+automatically.")
+ (license gpl3+)))