Don't automatically try to build the man file -- assume it's already there. Add a separate Makefile for the man directory. Only generate the man file (not the html file) by default. Specify the man file in this directory for installation during installation of shairport sync

Makefile.am

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-SUBDIRS = man
 ARFLAGS = cr
 
+man_MANS = $(top_srcdir)/man/shairport-sync.7
+
 lib_pair_ap_a_CFLAGS = -Wall -g -DCONFIG_GCRYPT -pthread
 lib_tinyhttp_a_CFLAGS = -pthread
 lib_dbus_interface_a_CFLAGS = -pthread

configure.ac

@@ -444,20 +444,6 @@ if  test "x${with_systemd}" = xyes ; then
         [AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])])
 fi
 
-# Look for xmltoman
-AC_CHECK_PROGS([XMLTOMAN], [xmltoman])
-if test -z "$XMLTOMAN"; then
-  AC_MSG_WARN([xmltoman not found - not installing man page])
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_XMLTOMAN], [test -n "$XMLTOMAN"])
-
-# Look for xmltoman
-AC_CHECK_PROGS([XSLTPROC], [xsltproc])
-if test -z "$XSLTPROC"; then
-  AC_MSG_WARN([xsltproc not found - not creating html version of man])
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_XSLTPROC], [test -n "$XSLTPROC"])
-
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([getopt_long.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h fcntl.h limits.h mach/mach.h memory.h netdb.h netinet/in.h stdint.h stdlib.h string.h sys/ioctl.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h syslog.h unistd.h])
@@ -482,6 +468,6 @@ AC_FUNC_FORK
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([atexit clock_gettime gethostname inet_ntoa memchr memmove memset mkfifo pow select socket stpcpy strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strstr strtol strtoul])
 
 # Note -- there are AC_CONFIG_FILES directives further back, conditional on Avahi
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile man/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([scripts/shairport-sync],[chmod +x scripts/shairport-sync])
 AC_OUTPUT

man/Makefile.am

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-man_MANS = shairport-sync.7
-
-if HAVE_XMLTOMAN
-shairport-sync.7: shairport-sync.7.xml
-	xmltoman $< > $@
-endif
-
-if HAVE_XSLTPROC
-all-local: shairport-sync.html
-
-shairport-sync.html: xmltoman.xsl shairport-sync.7.xml 
-	xsltproc  $^ > $@
-endif