Let configure supply path to manual file

A new macro MANDIR is passed fro the configure process to the compiler
in a -D option to inform XBoard where to find its manual page.

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f202a12..a3051ba 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ DISTCLEANFILES = stamp-h
 GITVERSION=$(shell sh -c 'git describe --dirty --always 2>/dev/null')
 AM_CPPFLAGS=-DINFODIR='"$(infodir)"' @X_CFLAGS@ @CAIRO_CFLAGS@ @FRONTEND_CFLAGS@  -DSYSCONFDIR='"$(sysconfdir)"' \
            -DLOCALEDIR='"$(localedir)"' -DSVGDIR='"$(svgdir)"' -D__GIT_VERSION='"$(GITVERSION)"' \
-            -DCONFIGURE_OPTIONS='"@CONFIGURE_OPTIONS@"' -DDATADIR='"$(datadir)/games/xboard"' $(headers)
+            -DCONFIGURE_OPTIONS='"@CONFIGURE_OPTIONS@"' -DDATADIR='"$(datadir)/games/xboard"' -DMANDIR='"$(mandir)"' $(headers)
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 

diff --git a/dialogs.c b/dialogs.c
index ece6c40..eecf453 100644 (file)
--- a/dialogs.c
+++ b/dialogs.c
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ GetHelpText (FILE *f, char *name)
 void
 DisplayHelp (char *name)
 {
-    char *manFile = DATADIR "/../../man/man6/xboard.6";
+    char *manFile = MANDIR "/man6/xboard.6";
     FILE *f = fopen(manFile, "r");
     if(f) {
        GetHelpText(f, name);