The new version tries to create "/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d" during install phase, so I added "--with-systemdtmpfilesdir=" flag. Unhappily there is no "--disable-systemd" or alike.
>From f1aaef17f561e77b0178ec260e400830ee963bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Kost <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:15:09 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: man-db: Update to 2.7.1. * gnu/packages/man.scm (man-db): Update to 2.7.1. [arguments]: Add '--with-systemdtmpfilesdir' to configure flags. --- gnu/packages/man.scm | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/man.scm b/gnu/packages/man.scm index dce117e..2606006 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/man.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/man.scm @@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ a flexible and convenient way.") (define-public man-db (package (name "man-db") - (version "2.6.6") + (version "2.7.1") (source (origin (method url-fetch) (uri (string-append "mirror://savannah/man-db/man-db-" version ".tar.xz")) (sha256 (base32 - "1hv6byj6sg6cp3jyf08gbmdm4pwhvd5hzmb94xl0w7prin6hzabx")))) + "03ly0hbpgjnag576rgccanaisn7f6422q5qxrj64vyzslc2651y4")))) (build-system gnu-build-system) (arguments '(#:phases @@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ a flexible and convenient way.") (string-append "--with-gzip=" gzip "/bin/gzip") (string-append "--with-bzip2=" bzip2 "/bin/gzip") (string-append "--with-xz=" xz "/bin/xz") - (string-append "--with-col=" util "/bin/col")) + (string-append "--with-col=" util "/bin/col") + ;; Default value is "/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d" (not + ;; prefix-sensitive). + (string-append "--with-systemdtmpfilesdir=" + %output "/lib/tmpfiles.d")) (map (lambda (prog) (string-append "--with-" prog "=" groff "/bin/" prog)) '("nroff" "eqn" "neqn" "tbl" "refer" "pic")))) -- 2.4.3
