* man/Makefile.am (.x.1): Warn when unable to update a man page.

Suggestion from Bruno Haible.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c4e97835bc597c5a5925cd4224b20d1d70a378d8..07249f08950ea26082ea79dd3169ec7fa42ef37a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-02-24  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+       * man/Makefile.am (.x.1): Warn when unable to update a man page.
+       Suggestion from Bruno Haible.
+
 2007-02-23  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        Handle better the combination of old Perl and a pre-c99 compiler.

diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 017c3e2b742dbafab871ba315d7c1237fb1559db..17b3415ba5f3658bfda4e2307cf5fe1c0cf238dd 100644 (file)
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ mapped_name = `echo $*|sed 's/install/ginstall/; s/test/[/'`
 # functions like echo, false, printf, pwd.
 .x.1:
        @case $(PERL) in                                        \
-         *"/missing "*) ;;                                     \
+         *"/missing "*)                                        \
+           echo 'WARNING: cannot update man page $@ since perl is missing' \
+             'or inadequate' 1>&2 \
+           ;;                                                  \
          *)                                                    \
            rm -f $@                                            \
            && { echo "Updating man page $@";                   \