more hints file readiness in Makefiles

2026-05-16 10:59:48 -04:00
parent 5199921c05
commit 4434b14884
3 changed files with 13 additions and 5 deletions
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ $(MAKEDEFS)	: ../util/makedefs.c ../include/config.h ../src/mdlib.c \
 GAME	= nethack
 MANDIR	?= /usr/man/man6
 MANEXT	= 6
+MANDIRPREP ?=  true

 # manual installation for most BSD-style systems
 GAMEMANCREATE = cat nethack.6 | $(NHGREP) >
 RCVRMANCREATE = cat recover.6 | $(NHGREP) >
 DLBMANCREATE = cat dlb.6 | $(NHGREP) >
 MDMANCREATE = cat makedefs.6 | $(NHGREP) >
+
 # manual installation for most SYSV-style systems
 # GAMEMANCREATE = cat nethack.6 | $(NHGREP) | $(NROFF) -man - >
 # RCVRMANCREATE = cat recover.6 | $(NHGREP) | $(NROFF) -man - >
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ MDMANCREATE = cat makedefs.6 | $(NHGREP) >
 # MDMANCREATE = cat makedefs.6 | $(NHGREP) | $(NROFF) -man - >

 manpages: $(PREMANPAGES)
+	-$(MANDIRPREP)
 	-$(GAMEMANCREATE) $(MANDIR)/$(GAME).$(MANEXT)
 	-$(RCVRMANCREATE) $(MANDIR)/recover.$(MANEXT)
 	-$(DLBMANCREATE) $(MANDIR)/dlb.$(MANEXT)