make install doesn't?

[Bruce Korb]

Hi,

I created some man3 docs and found that despite having
added them to the man_MANS variable, they were not
installed until I added:

  install : install-man3

RTFM is inadequate because it is such unexpected behavior.
Especially considering the rule:

> man3dir = $(mandir)/man3
> install-man3: $(man3_MANS) $(man_MANS)
>       @$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
>       $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)
>       @list='$(man3_MANS) $(dist_man3_MANS) $(nodist_man3_MANS)'; \
>       l2='$(man_MANS) $(dist_man_MANS) $(nodist_man_MANS)'; \
>       for i in $$l2; do \
>         case "$$i" in \
>           *.3*) list="$$list $$i" ;; \
>         esac; \
>       done; \
>       for i in $$list; do \
>         if test -f $(srcdir)/$$i; then file=$(srcdir)/$$i; \
>         else file=$$i; fi; \
>         ext=`echo $$i | sed -e 's/^.*\\.//'`; \
>         inst=`echo $$i | sed -e 's/\\.[0-9a-z]*$$//'`; \
>         inst=`echo $$inst | sed -e 's/^.*\///'`; \
>         inst=`echo $$inst | sed '$(transform)'`.$$ext; \
>         echo " $(INSTALL_DATA) $$file $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)/$$inst"; \
>         $(INSTALL_DATA) $$file $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)/$$inst; \
>       done

It would seem that the "$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)"
could be skipped if, in the end, $$list wound up empty....

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Bruce Korb <first initial + last name at gnu dot org>
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