+# We must invoke the generated $(outdir)/help2man script instead of
+# the help2man.pl source, which means that the buildscripts directory
+# must be built first.
+#
+# From the perlrun man-page:
+#
+# If the #! line does not contain the word "perl", the
+# program named after the #! is executed instead of the Perl
+# interpreter. This is slightly bizarre, but it helps
+#
+# 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.
+HELP2MAN_COMMAND = $(PERL) $(top-build-dir)/buildscripts/$(outbase)/help2man $< > $@
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(CROSS)),no)
$(outdir)/%.1: $(outdir)/%
- $(PERL) $(depth)/buildscripts/help2man.pl $< > $@
+ $(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 $< $@
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(outdir),./out)
+$(outdir)/%.1: out/%.1
+ cp $< $@
+endif