Thanx for the answers of my questions. > Von: "Bertrand Garrigues" <bertrand.garrig...@laposte.net>
> I used the Automake variables man1_MANS, man5_MANS, man7_MANS to define > the list of man files to be installed in sections 1, 5, and 7. > > This is described here: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Man-Pages Nice documentation. > man1_MANS += $(PREFIXMAN1) > man1_MANS += $(PREFIXMAN5) > man1_MANS += $(PREFIXMAN7) > > are incorrect, it should be of course > > man1_MANS += $(PREFIXMAN1) > man5_MANS += $(PREFIXMAN5) > man7_MANS += $(PREFIXMAN7) > Fixed. > I've left man files as .man in the source tree because it was the case > before the Automake migration. I you prefer to have files in the source > tree that have a suffix corresponding to the section they belong to > (gpinyin.1.man instead of gpinyin.man for example) it should be possible > but more complicated because we would have to defined more suffix rules > to build the final man files from .1.man, .5.man and .7.man (we would > have to define a new suffix I think, see > https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Suffixes). I will use the SUFFIXES in Makefile.am: SUFFIXES = .1.man .n .1.man.n: ... SUFFIXES = .5.man .n .5.man.n: ... SUFFIXES = .7.man .n .7.man.n: ... On a test, it worked perfectly. Berne Warken
