Re: install-man3 target install manual pages under wrong names

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Bruno,

* Bruno Haible wrote on Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 01:22:52AM CET:
> The automake-generated 'install-man[2-79] targets apply $(transform), that it,
> the program name transformation, to the base name of manual pages before
> installing them. This is wrong, because the program name transformation
> has no effect on function names defined by libraries. It should only affect
> the names of manual pages that describe programs, i.e. in the sections 1* and
> 8*.

The next Automake release will have all kinds of new goodies, among them
a notrans_ prefix for manpages.  While your reasoning for manpage
sections is a well-taken point, there are packages where things are not
so clear-cut in manpages from which section should have $(transform)
applied and which shouldn't.  notrans_ allows you, the package author,
to decide.

Cheers,
Ralf