Commit 4f3e29f3 authored by aleksana's avatar aleksana Committed by sternenseemann
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nixos/mandoc: use MANPATH environment variable

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@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ in
        default = [ "share/man" ];
        example = lib.literalExpression "[ \"share/man\" \"share/man/fr\" ]";
        description = lib.mdDoc ''
          Change the manpath, i. e. the directories where
          {manpage}`man(1)`
          Change the paths included in MANPATH environment variable,
          i. e. the directories where {manpage}`man(1)`
          looks for section-specific directories of man pages.
          You only need to change this setting if you want extra man pages
          (e. g. in non-english languages). All values must be strings that
          are a valid path from the target prefix (without including it).
          The first value given takes priority.
          The first value given takes priority. Note that this is not
          adding manpath in {manpage}`man.conf(5)`.
        '';
      };

@@ -37,6 +38,14 @@ in
          configuration options used for the package.
        '';
      };

      extraConfig = lib.mkOption {
        type = lib.types.lines;
        default = "";
        description = lib.mdDoc ''
          Configuration to write to {manpage}`man.conf(5)`.
        '';
      };
    };
  };

@@ -44,10 +53,7 @@ in
    environment = {
      systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];

      # tell mandoc about man pages
      etc."man.conf".text = lib.concatMapStrings (path: ''
        manpath /run/current-system/sw/${path}
      '') cfg.manPath;
      etc."man.conf".text = cfg.extraConfig;

      # create mandoc.db for whatis(1), apropos(1) and man(1) -k
      # TODO(@sternenseemman): fix symlinked directories not getting indexed,
@@ -58,6 +64,9 @@ in
          [[ -d "$man_path" ]] && ${makewhatis} -T utf8 $man_path
        done
      '';

      # tell mandoc the paths containing man pages
      profileRelativeSessionVariables."MANPATH" = map (path: "/${path}") cfg.manPath;
    };
  };
}