how to make targets with :: in filename

[Joost van Baal]

Hi,

I'm learning to use GNU automake; I'm using it to package a project, which 
has got some perl modules and scripts in it. The project is split in a lot 
of subdirectories. I know, in a directory where some scripts are, I can 
write a Makefile.am which looks like this:

 foodir = $(libexecdir)/duh
 foo_SCRIPTS = foo bar

 man_MANS = foo.1 bar.1

 %.1: %
        pod2man $< $@

So, in a directory containing perl modules, I'd like to do

 man_MANS = Foo::Bar.3pm Foo::Duh.3pm 

 install-man: $(MANS)

 Foo\:\:%.3pm: %.pm
        pod2man $< $@ 

This causes trouble: the Makefile being generated, features

 man_MANS = Foo::Bar.3pm Foo::Duh.3pm
 MANS = $(man_MANS)

 install-man: $(MANS)
        @$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
        $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install-man3

, and 'install-man: $(MANS)' expands to something syntactically incorrect.

When I say 'man_MANS = Foo\:\:Bar.3pm Foo\:\:Duh.3pm', I get different errors.

Could anybody give me a hint on how to tackle this? Is there a way to get the 
'::' escaped correctly? Should I get my manpages generated and installed in a 
completely different way?

Any help is appreciated.

Bye,

Joost

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