--- doc/Makefile.in.orig	2014-09-10 12:40:48 UTC
+++ doc/Makefile.in
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ tei_xsl_ns = @tei_xsl_ns@
 trang_cmd = @trang_cmd@
 var_dir = @var_dir@
 xml_decl = @xml_decl@
-docdir = $(datadir)/doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/refdb-manual
-doc_DATA = refdb-manual.pdf refdb-manual/*
+docdir = $(datadir)/doc/refdb
+doc_DATA = refdb-manual/*
 indexdir = $(datadir)/doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/
 index_DATA = index.html
 citestylexdir = $(datadir)/doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/citestylex
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-citationlistxDAT
 	uninstall-xnoteelementsDATA
 
 
-all: refdb-manual.pdf refdb-manual/* citestylex/elements.html risx/elements.html citationlistx/elements.html xnote/elements.html
+all: refdb-manual-html citestylex/elements.html risx/elements.html citationlistx/elements.html xnote/elements.html
 
 ####################################################################
 # building the manual
@@ -804,9 +804,8 @@ refdb-manual.pdf: $(manual_sources) $(ma
 # we have to give Java a little extra memory lest fop will die a horrible death
 	JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx256M fop -fo refdb-manual.fo -pdf refdb-manual.pdf
 
-refdb-manual/*: $(manual_sources) $(manpage_sources) $(png_images) refdb-manual-statustable.xml include/manual-xhtml.xsl
+refdb-manual-html: $(manual_sources) $(manpage_sources) $(png_images) refdb-manual-statustable.xml include/manual-xhtml.xsl
 	@echo "Creating HTML manual...";
-	rm -rf refdb-manual/*
 # building outside the source dir won't work here because the docbook
 # stylesheets screw up the location of the image files for HTML output
 	mkdir -p refdb-manual && cp $(html_extra_files) refdb-manual/ && xsltproc -o refdb-manual/ --nonet --xinclude include/manual-xhtml.xsl refdb-manual.xml