+# Indeed it is. Perl sucks.
+#
+# Two screenfulls explaining that the otherwise standard #! is broken
+# for perl, and arguing that this broken magic is better in some
+# cases. Four more explaining what a line comment is, and that it may
+# be parsed, same here.
+
+ifeq ($(PYTHON),$(TARGET_PYTHON))
+HELP2MAN_COMMAND = $(buildscript-dir)/help2man $< > $@
+else
+HELP2MAN_COMMAND = $(buildscript-dir)/help2man "env $$(basename $$(head -1 $<)) $<" > $@
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(CROSS)),no)
+$(outdir)/%.1: $(outdir)/% $(buildscript-dir)/help2man
+ $(HELP2MAN_COMMAND)
+else
+# When cross building, some manpages will not build because the
+# executable does not run. We assume the manpages to be generated
+# during a previous compile for the build host, with config=for-build,
+# in the directory $(outdir)-for-build.
+$(outdir)/%.1: $(outdir:%=%-for-build)/%.1
+ cp $< $@
+endif