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I figured it out thanks to the people on IRC:

    (arguments
      `(;; Roundup has no check target (It does have a `test` target, but s=
ome
        ;; of its tests fail intentionally, bringing the entire build proce=
ss
        ;; down)
        #:tests? #f
        ;; Explicitly set the shell because otherwise this value will be em=
pty
        #:make-flags
        '("SHELL=3Dbash")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (add-before 'configure 'fix-configure
            ;; getconf will return a static path, which will not contain the
            ;; value adjusted by Guix
            (=CE=BB _ (substitute* "configure" (("getconf PATH") "echo $PAT=
H"))))
          (replace 'configure
            ;; Roundup is using a hand-written configure script which will=
=20
choke
            ;; on the default configure flags. Therefore we invoke it with =
our
            ;; own flags.
            (lambda* (#:key outputs (configure-flags '()) #:allow-other-key=
s)
              (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
                (apply invoke
                  `("./configure"
                    ,(string-append "--prefix=3D" out)
                     "--sysconfdir=3D/etc"
                    ,@configure-flags))))))))


Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
> Indeed.  Could it be that =E2=80=98configure=E2=80=99 overrides PATH, set=
ting it to,
> say, /bin:/usr/bin?  (You mentioned =E2=80=98getconf PATH=E2=80=99 yester=
day on IRC,
> perhaps that=E2=80=99s related?)
>=20
> HTH,
> Ludo=E2=80=99.