Re: Choosing man section at configure time

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Harlan,

* Harlan Stenn wrote on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:13:06PM CEST:
> For example, I have 'sntp.man.in' and 'sntp.mdoc.in' in the distribution
> tarball, and at configure time "stuff happens" where the decision is
> made as to which version (man or mdoc) of the manual is to be installed,
> and also the manual section it should go in to.
> 
> I AC_SUBST([SNTP_MS]), and SNTP_MS will have the value "1", "1m", or
> "8".
> 
> I also AC_SUBST([MANTAGFMT]), and MANTAGFMT is either "man" or "mdoc".

Try:

man1_MANS =
man8_MANS =
man_MANS = sntp.$(SNTP_MS)
...
sntp.$(SNTP_MS): $(srcdir)sntp.$(MANTAGFMT).in
       sed -f m4/mansec.sed $(srcdir)sntp.$(MANTAGFMT).in > sntp.$(SNTP_MS)

Untested, please report back if it doesn't work.  And yes, it's not too
intuitive, sorry.

Cheers,
Ralf