OK, it took about 10 weeks to answer, but I finally managed to get something done. Version 2 of the patch hopefully addresses the points you mentioned: - No more manext stuff - Added a missing @ in front of sed - Package the generated flashrom.8
To install: Apply patch, then "svn mv flashrom.8 flashrom.man.in".
Caveats: - Is "date +%F" supported on all packaging platforms? - For some reason flashrom.man.in does not get packaged on my system, thus causing a build failure of the tarball. Does including files require an "svn commit"? - Due to the problem above, I could not verify that the build process will not normally attempt to build flashrom.8 (which should be newer than flashrom.man.in).
Thanks Jörg