Re: automake/335: Multi-language man pages

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>]

>>> "Josef" == Josef Spillner <dr_maux@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

 Josef> What is the right way to install man pages with
 Josef> languages different from C (default)?

Automake sucks in this area.
FWIW, the feature request about this is PR/335 in the Gnats database.

 Josef> Back in December 2000, someone complained that foo.xx.1
 Josef> was installed as xx/man1/foo.1 instead of
 Josef> man1/foo.xx.1. So I guess extracting the language code
 Josef> from the name (it could also be foo.1.xx) will be a
 Josef> hairy task, although it would be easy for automake users
 Josef> (i.e. simply add all man pages to the list, they'll end
 Josef> up in the right directory).

Is there a consensus about how to name these files?  
The first message in PR/335 mentions `pt_BR-parted.8'.

 Josef> Second way would be to allow paths for man pages,
 Josef> similar to DATA, e.g.:

 Josef> manfrdir = $(mandir)/fr
 Josef> manfr_MANS = foo.fr.1

 Josef> This would already require more complex Makefile.am's,
 Josef> but at least would be of more use than the current
 Josef> behaviour in this situation (to do nothing).

This still requires a convention for naming files (so the
installation routine can strip `.fr' without damage).
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz