Re: man pages not renamed as documented

>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Docs>    For instance, consider this example:
Docs>      man1_MANS = rename.man thesame.1 alsothesame.1c
Docs>    In this case, `rename.man' will be renamed to `rename.1' when
Docs> installed, but the other files will keep their names.

The documentation describes what we want.

adl> Either Automake or it's documentation is broken.  I guess nobody
adl> relies on `rename.man' being renamed as `rename.1' (Has it ever
adl> worked?  AFAICT it doesn't work in Automake 1.4 either).

It might not ever have worked.

adl> Is this worth supporting unused features, or shall we simply fix
adl> the doc?

I'd prefer we keep the feature.  I designed it this way to support
what I perceived as existing practice.

Tom