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+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
+"""]]