At 2018-12-09T05:12:25+0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Here is a better idea, which is also simpler. > The problem is that the variables PREFIXMAN5 and PREFIXMAN7 are empty. > > Carefully inspecting the groff source tree with grep(1), i convinced > myself that they are *always* empty, no matter the configuration > and operating system. While several *.am Makefile templates assign > to the variable PREFIXMAN1, all section 5 and 7 manual page file > names are directly assigned to man5_MANS and man7_MANS instead, > unconditionally. > > So i suggest to simply delete the PREFIXMAN5 and PREFIXMAN7 variables > outright. With the patch appended below, everything works on OpenBSD, > Solaris 11, and Solaris 9, even "make install" on Solaris 9. > > I admit this change may be slightly more dangerous than i like so > closely before release - but i'm not convinced other fixes would be > simpler. > > Shall i commit and push it?
I didn't test it, but I eyeballed all the *.am files with grep and I
think you're right.
PREFIXMAN{5,7} appears to keep track of man pages in sections 5 and 7
that need a @g@ prefixed to their names--but there are no such pages.
So I'm a +1 on this.
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Regards,
Branden
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