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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/autogen.scm4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/autogen.scm b/gnu/packages/autogen.scm
index 7213776f07..d0c8df17ec 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/autogen.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/autogen.scm
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
#:phases
(modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-before 'build 'set-man-page-date
+ ;; Avoid embedding the current date for reproducible builds
+ (lambda _
+ (setenv "MAN_PAGE_DATE" "2012-04-18")))
(add-before 'patch-source-shebangs 'patch-test-scripts
(lambda _
(let ((sh (which "sh")))