+MAN_HIERARCHY = man1 man3 man7 man8
+
+LOCAL += $(MAN_HIERARCHY)
+
+CLEANFILES += $(MAN_HIERARCHY)
+
+# Mimic mandb(8) path hierarchy -- as if installed -- by symlinking
+# sub-directories to the top man directory. This allows developers to read
+# the locally generated man pages. For example `$ ./pre-inst-env man lttng'.
+man1:
+ @ln -s $(abs_builddir) $@
+
+man3:
+ @ln -s $(abs_builddir) $@
+
+man7:
+ @ln -s $(abs_builddir) $@
+
+man8:
+ @ln -s $(abs_builddir) $@
+