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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix
index deb6a4005f666..3ea67ac4501dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "man-pages";
-  version = "6.7";
+  version = "6.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/docs/man-pages/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-gkA61LwXqtuST2hji3nWkwssvVUVMSSKepaId52077I=";
+    hash = "sha256-ucawpCD4ORSL4EsvwTqFaSMTco1U1HxpyKE4N5Zl0iY=";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [
-    # Clobber /usr/bin/env with the one in PATH.
-    "SHELL=env"
     "prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
   ];
 
@@ -21,6 +19,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelInstalling = true;
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # The manpath executable looks up manpages from PATH. And this package won't
+    # appear in PATH unless it has a /bin folder. Without the change
+    # 'nix-shell -p man-pages' does not pull in the search paths.
+    # See 'man 5 manpath' for the lookup order.
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux development manual pages";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/";