response

Setup.hs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import System.FilePath
 import Control.Applicative
 import Control.Monad
 import System.Directory
+import Data.List
 
 import qualified Build.DesktopFile as DesktopFile
 import qualified Build.Configure as Configure
@@ -51,10 +52,14 @@ installManpages copyDest verbosity pkg lbi =
 	installOrdinaryFiles verbosity dstManDir =<< srcManpages
   where
 	dstManDir   = mandir (absoluteInstallDirs pkg lbi copyDest) </> "man1"
-	srcManpages = zip (repeat srcManDir)
-		<$> filterM doesFileExist manpages
-	srcManDir   = ""
-	manpages    = ["git-annex.1", "git-annex-shell.1"]
+	srcManpages = do
+		havemans <- doesDirectoryExist srcManDir
+		if havemans
+			then zip (repeat srcManDir)
+				. filter (".1" `isSuffixOf`)
+				<$> getDirectoryContents srcManDir
+			else return []
+	srcManDir   = "man"
 
 installDesktopFile :: CopyDest -> Verbosity -> PackageDescription -> LocalBuildInfo -> IO ()
 installDesktopFile copyDest _verbosity pkg lbi =

debian/changelog

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ git-annex (5.20150728) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * init: Detect when the filesystem is crippled such that it ignores
     attempts to remove the write bit from a file, and enable direct mode.
     Seen with eg, NTFS fuse on linux.
+  * Fix man page installation by cabal install; all the new man pages are
+    now installed.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:57:07 -0400
 

doc/bugs/copy_to_--fast_should_not_mention_every_file_it_checks/comment_3_e1ecf85a79b7b2b21881be00a48be6c9/comment_1_8808e06ea50c8deb1226e31c40cc6703._comment

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2015-07-31T15:31:56Z"
+ content="""
+That's a bug. It happens to be fixed in git head and there will be an
+updated release with the fix soon. 
+
+I appreacite you trying to find a related bug to the problem you're having,
+but this bug report is not actually related, and was in fact closed in
+2014. Opening a new bug report is better than commenting in the wrong
+place..
+"""]]