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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2022-03-21 23:39:43 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2022-03-21 23:39:43 -0400
commita9429c8f2207841c649438187d6e19046d323a16 (patch)
treea06e4b8a87b6a42742cf6750276746a10b6c2139 /guix/man-db.scm
parentf0136b36ae8c1e9c174043bd50e0e24413c0f345 (diff)
parent49b350fafc2c3ea1db66461b73d4e304cd13ec92 (diff)
Merge branch 'staging' into core-updates.
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diff --git a/guix/man-db.scm b/guix/man-db.scm
index a6528e4431..7d9707a592 100644
--- a/guix/man-db.scm
+++ b/guix/man-db.scm
@@ -110,7 +110,12 @@
;; Write ENTRIES in sorted order so we get deterministic output.
(for-each (lambda (entry)
(gdbm-set! db
- (string-append (mandb-entry-file-name entry)
+ ;; For the 'whatis' tool to find anything, the key
+ ;; should match the name of the software,
+ ;; e.g. 'cat'. Derive it from the file name, as
+ ;; the name could technically be #f.
+ (string-append (abbreviate-file-name
+ (mandb-entry-file-name entry))
"\x00")
(entry->string entry)))
(sort entries mandb-entry<?))