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my_man_MANS does not work

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From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: my_man_MANS does not work
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:05:34 +0100

Hello,

I am trying the following:

€ cat configure.ac
AC_INIT([FOO],1.0.0)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])

€ cat Makefile.am 
my_mandir = $(docdir)
my_man_MANS = foo.1

But the foo.1 manpage does not get installed:

€ autoreconf -vfi && ./configure && make install
...
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.

I have also tried

mydir = $(docdir)
my_man_MANS = foo.1

mydir = $(docdir)
my_MANS = foo.1

mydir = $(docdir)
my_man1_MANS = foo.1

my_man1dir = $(docdir)
my_man1_MANS = foo.1

to no avail (man_MANS = foo.1 works of course).

Samuel

Message #8 received at 10695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: my_man_MANS does not work
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:11:23 +0100

severity 7656 minor
severity 10695 minor
merge 10695 7656
thanks

Hi Samuel, thanks for the report.

Samuel Thibault wrote on Thu, 2 Feb 2012:
>
> $ cat configure.ac
> AC_INIT([FOO],1.0.0)
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
> AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])
>
> $ cat Makefile.am
> my_mandir = $(docdir)
> my_man_MANS = foo.1
>
> But the foo.1 manpage does not get installed:
>
> $ autoreconf -vfi && ./configure && make install
> ...
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
>
Yep, long-standing (and annoying) issue.  See also:
 <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7656>

I'm merging your report with the old one.  I hope I'll be able to take
a better look at this issue before the next release...

Thanks,
  Stefano

Message #15 received at 10695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 10695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: my_man_MANS does not work
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:25:09 +0100

Stefano Lattarini, le Thu 02 Feb 2012 21:11:23 +0100, a écrit :
> > $ autoreconf -vfi && ./configure && make install
> > ...
> > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
> >
> Yep, long-standing (and annoying) issue.  See also:
>  <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7656>

Ok. I had seen that report but hadn't understood that they were the same
bug :)

Samuel

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