bug#24105: git package misses man pages

[Ludovic Courtès]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 03:46:29PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
>> 
>> > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 02:46:23PM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> >> I suggest to include the man pages into the git package itself. If 
>> >> building
>> >> them is a real issue, adding a source and the build phase of git-manpages
>> >> to the git package itself could also be an option.
>> >
>> > I agree. If we continue to not build them from source, it won't make the
>> > Git package any more "expensive". We could add the pre-built source
>> > tarball as a native-input to the Git package, and re-use the unpack
>> > phase from git-manpages.
>> 
>> I agree too, this sounds like a good idea.
>
> I've attached a patch. Your thoughts?
>
> From 2407216eac19e5a7a3376efc497f7047dc0c8299 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Leo Famulari <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 14:55:37 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: git: Provide man-pages in main Git package.
>
> * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git-manpages): Remove variable.
> (git)[native-inputs]: Add GIT-MANPAGES.
> [arguments]: Add 'install-man-pages' phase.

LGTM!  :-)

Thank you!

Ludo'.