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Hi all!
I'm the maintainer of pcsx2-svn in AUR and currently the installation process doesn't install the man page automatically. In the source code I have a "pcsx2.man" file, that I'm gzipping and moving to the correct man folder. See command:
gzip -9 "${pkgdir}/opt/pcsx2/docs/pcsx2.man"
mv "${pkgdir}/opt/pcsx2/docs/pcsx2.man.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/pcsx2.1.gz"
Is there a more proper way to do this in Archlinux?
Thanks in advance!
p.s.: `make install` will not install the man page, only the translation files.

Ah, simple as that? I didn't how this works until now... Thanks, falconindy!
Last edited by josephg (2011-03-21 03:01:59)

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