>From f961e72823cda48406d0058902c67b6b663da791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6?= <iyzs...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:52:59 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: wireless-tools: Install the manual pages under
 $out/share/man.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (wireless-tools)[origin]: Add snippet.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index b9d9bd6..0651c08 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -1487,7 +1487,13 @@ mapper.  Kernel components are part of Linux-libre.")
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0qscyd44jmhs4k32ggp107hlym1pcyjzihiai48xs7xzib4wbndb"))))
+                "0qscyd44jmhs4k32ggp107hlym1pcyjzihiai48xs7xzib4wbndb"))
+              (modules '((guix build utils)))
+              (snippet
+               ;; Install the manual pages in the right place.
+               '(substitute* "Makefile"
+                  (("INSTALL_MAN= .*")
+                   "INSTALL_MAN= $(PREFIX)/share/man")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases (alist-replace
-- 
2.1.2

We could get rid of MANPATH, if all man pages install to $out/share/man.
Assume a suitable PATH is set, try:
  $ guix package -r wireless-tools
  $ env MANPATH= manpath
Get:
  /run/current-system/profile/man:/home/iyzsong/.guix-profile/share/man
It's because wireless-tools having man pages in $out/man, after apply
this patch, we should get:
  /run/current-system/profile/share/man:/home/iyzsong/.guix-profile/share/man

Then `man' will just work even without MANPATH.

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