diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/Makefile.am | 5 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -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 017c3e2b7..17b3415ba 100644 --- 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 $@"; \ |