Install the setserial program in /usr/bin instead of /bin, and make sure that the directories (especially the manpages directory) are created before installing files to them. This is similar to what automake does. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- Makefile.in | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: setserial-2.17/Makefile.in =================================================================== --- setserial-2.17.orig/Makefile.in +++ setserial-2.17/Makefile.in @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ setserial.cat: setserial.8 nroff -man setserial.8 > setserial.cat install: setserial setserial.8 - $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) setserial $(DESTDIR)/bin - $(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)/bin/setserial - $(INSTALL_DATA) setserial.8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/man/man8 + mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin + $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) setserial $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin + mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8 + $(INSTALL_DATA) setserial.8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8 clean: $(RM) setserial setserial.o setserial.cat *~