On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 10:56:49AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> These patches reduce the man-db closure significantly, notably by
> removing Perl and Gawk from the reference graph.  Incidentally, that
> also removes Perl from the reference graph of the GuixSD installation
> image.
> 
> I’ve confirmed that the resulting man-db still works as expected by
> running commands like:
> 
>   ./pre-inst-env guix environment -C --ad-hoc man-db man-pages \
>      -- man pthread_create
> 
> Feedback welcome!

I think it's great!