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diff --git a/gnu/packages/man.scm b/gnu/packages/man.scm
index 68d6c16178..fbc5ca27ef 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/man.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/man.scm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
;;; Copyright © 2018 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -82,11 +83,19 @@ a flexible and convenient way.")
(remove file-is-directory?
(find-files "src/tests" ".*")))
#t)))
- (add-after 'unpack 'patch-iconv-path
+ (add-after 'unpack 'patch-absolute-paths
(lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
(substitute* "src/man.c"
(("\"iconv\"")
(string-append "\"" (which "iconv") "\"")))
+ ;; Embed an absolute reference to "preconv", otherwise it
+ ;; falls back to searching in PATH and ultimately fails
+ ;; to render unicode data (see <https://bugs.gnu.org/30785>).
+ (substitute* "lib/encodings.c"
+ (("groff_preconv = NULL")
+ (string-append "groff_preconv = \""
+ (assoc-ref inputs "groff-minimal")
+ "/bin/preconv\"")))
#t)))
#:configure-flags
(let ((groff (assoc-ref %build-inputs "groff"))