Ole Wolf <o...@naturloven.dk> writes: > I am building a package where I'm overriding the man page generation to > include man pages that are generated at build time. A simplified version > of the override in my debian/rules is: > > override_dh_installman: > dh_installman -- > /somepath/create-a-man-page > ${mandir}/man1/packagename.1 > > However, I don't know how to specify the target path for the man pages, > which I've tentatively indicated by ${mandir} in the above snippet. I'm > not using autoconf, which seems to set some path variables. > > What should I write instead of ${mandir} to get the proper path (so that > the entire path on my particular system becomes > debian/packagename/usr/share/man/man1/packagename.1)?
Why not reverse the two commands: override_dh_installman: /somepath/create-a-man-page > debian/packagename.1 dh_installman -- You then need to delete debian/packagename.1 in clean but you don't have to muck around with the install part. Let dh_installman install the generated manpage. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87lik2cfy2.fsf@frosties.localnet