Re: 'toolman_MANS' not supported?

[Harald Dunkel]

Hi Ralf,

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hello Harald,
>
> * Harald Dunkel wrote on Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 01:04:25PM CEST:
> > I have to install several  manpages in separate
> > subdirectories. But it seems that something like
> >
> >         toolmandir = ${prefix}/tooldir/man
> >         toolman_MANS = hello.1
> >
> > does not work. Did I miss something in the documentation
> > here? (I am using Automake 1.9.6.)
>
> I think <http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Man-pages>
> states that only manSECTIONdir is allowed, for a valid section named
> SECTION.

Maybe you would agree that it is very easy to misunderstand
this part? The other primaries (e.g. DATA, SCRIPTS) do accept
a "real" directory variable, and yet the docu usually mentions
just "bin_PROGRAMS".

> I'd be curious as to what advantage there is to install manpages in a
> location where the man program will not find them by default?

I am creating several binary modules from a single set of
source files. The generated code is supposed to be
installed in ${prefix}/mod1, ${prefix}/mod2, etc. Each
mod? directory becomes a seperate binary module (using
dpkg).

Of course these binmodules can (optionally) be installed
in a common directory tree later, as needed. But it is
important that the man pages are part of the binary modules
they belong to.

Currently I install the man pages using "tooldir_DATA", of
course. Do you think it would be difficult to replace the
hardwired 'man' in automake.pl by a directory variable?


Regards

Harri