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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-03-27 17:56:45 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-03-27 17:56:45 -0400
commitab180331853ad7942cd9d329d049a73a034e0ab9 (patch)
tree9522cf431314cd98475de25c3f31672c10dd2517
parent389e36a3ddffa3b4079620138ea1f131f8e08a88 (diff)
parentee2b9e4f0bdcc445ac2d6352a2a13b3273a3553f (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git-annex.branchable.com
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/package_build_fails_with_missing_man_directory.mdwn b/doc/bugs/package_build_fails_with_missing_man_directory.mdwn
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+++ b/doc/bugs/package_build_fails_with_missing_man_directory.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+When building a debian package, the build fails due to a missing man/ directory.
+
+ ./Build/mdwn2man man/git-annex-vpop.1 1 doc/git-annex-vpop.mdwn > man/git-annex-vpop.1
+ /bin/sh: 1: cannot create man/git-annex-vpop.1: Directory nonexistent
+
+I was able to build the package with the following patch:
+
+[[!format patch """
+From: Justin Geibel <jtgeibel@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:21:13 -0400
+Subject: Fix build of man pages
+
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index d6fb1a1..b36cbcd 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ mans=$(shell find doc -maxdepth 1 -name git-annex*.mdwn | sed -e 's/^doc/man/' -e 's/\.mdwn/\.1/')
+-all=git-annex $(mans) docs
++all=git-annex mans docs
+
+ CABAL?=cabal # set to "./Setup" if you lack a cabal program
+ GHC?=ghc
+"""]]