MAN_PAGE := doc/passextract.1.txt TRANSFORMED_MAN_PAGE := $(patsubst %,%.tmp,$(MAN_PAGE)) doc/passextract.1: doc/passextract.1.txt sed 's/`/*/g' $< > $(TRANSFORMED_MAN_PAGE) && \ a2x --no-xmllint --format manpage $(TRANSFORMED_MAN_PAGE) && \ rm $(TRANSFORMED_MAN_PAGE)