t/man8.sh

#! /bin/sh
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# Check for a bug in distcheck w.r.t. generated manpages.

. test-init.sh

# Avoid a spurious failure due to a known FreeBSD make incompatibility.
useless_vpath_rebuild \
  && skip_ "VPATH useless rebuild detected (see bug#7884)"

cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
dist_man_MANS = foo.1
foo.1:
## This 'rm' command will fail if $(srcdir) is unwritable.
	rm -f $(srcdir)/$@
	: > $(srcdir)/$@
END

cat >> configure.ac <<'END'
AC_OUTPUT
END

$ACLOCAL
$AUTOMAKE
$AUTOCONF

mkdir build
cd build
../configure

$MAKE
test -f ../foo.1
$MAKE distdir
test -f $me-1.0/foo.1
$MAKE distcheck

cd ..
rm -f foo.1
./configure

$MAKE
test -f foo.1
$MAKE distdir
test -f $me-1.0/foo.1
$MAKE distcheck

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