From 31bcf6a26de9fc0273c924742e2f66a2bd84c74b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Monty Taylor <mordred@inaugust.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:01:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Moved pod2man check to a macro.

---
 configure.ac     |   2 +-
 docs/Makefile.am | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 m4/pod2man.m4    |  12 ++--
 3 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 467fe718..249289a3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ ENABLE_UTILLIB
 ENABLE_DTRACE
 SETSOCKOPT_SANITY
 ENABLE_HSIEH_HASH
+REQUIRE_POD2MAN
 
-sinclude(m4/pod2man.m4)
 sinclude(m4/protocol_binary.m4)
 sinclude(m4/memcached.m4)
 
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index fa2d3383..79be5cce 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -113,253 +113,253 @@ endif
 
 
 libmemcached.3: libmemcached.pod 
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/libmemcached.pod > libmemcached.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/libmemcached.pod > libmemcached.3
 
 libmemcachedutil.3: libmemcachedutil.pod 
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/libmemcachedutil.pod > libmemcachedutil.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/libmemcachedutil.pod > libmemcachedutil.3
 
 libmemcached_examples.3: libmemcached_examples.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/libmemcached_examples.pod > libmemcached_examples.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/libmemcached_examples.pod > libmemcached_examples.3
 
 memcached_create.3: memcached_create.pod 
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_create.pod > memcached_create.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_create.pod > memcached_create.3
 
 memcached_free.3: memcached_create.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_create.pod > memcached_free.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_create.pod > memcached_free.3
 
 memcached_clone.3: memcached_create.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_create.pod > memcached_clone.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_create.pod > memcached_clone.3
 
 memcached_set.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_set.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_set.3
 
 memcached_set_by_key.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_set_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_set_by_key.3
 
 memcached_cas.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_cas.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_cas.3
 
 memcached_cas_by_key.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_cas_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_cas_by_key.3
 
 memcached_replace.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_replace.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_replace.3
 
 memcached_replace_by_key.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_replace_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_replace_by_key.3
 
 memcached_add.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_add.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_add.3
 
 memcached_add_by_key.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_add_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_add_by_key.3
 
 memcached_prepend.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_prepend.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_prepend.3
 
 memcached_prepend_by_key.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_prepend_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_prepend_by_key.3
 
 memcached_append.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_append.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_append.3
 
 memcached_append_by_key.3: memcached_set.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_append_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_set.pod > memcached_append_by_key.3
 
 memcached_delete.3: memcached_delete.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_delete.pod > memcached_delete.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_delete.pod > memcached_delete.3
 
 memcached_delete_by_key.3: memcached_delete.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_delete.pod > memcached_delete_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_delete.pod > memcached_delete_by_key.3
 
 memcached_increment.3:
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_increment.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_increment.3
 
 memcached_increment_with_initial.3:
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_increment_with_initial.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_increment_with_initial.3
 
 memcached_decrement.3:
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_decrement.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_decrement.3
 
 memcached_decrement_with_initial.3:
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_decrement_with_initial.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_auto.pod > memcached_decrement_with_initial.3
 
 memcached_dump.3: memcached_dump.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_dump.pod > memcached_dump.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_dump.pod > memcached_dump.3
 
 memcached_flush.3: memcached_flush.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_flush.pod > memcached_flush.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_flush.pod > memcached_flush.3
 
 memcached_get.3: memcached_get.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_get.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_get.3
 
 memcached_get_by_key.3: memcached_get.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_get_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_get_by_key.3
 
 memcached_fetch_result.3: memcached_get.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_fetch_result.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_fetch_result.3
 
 memcached_fetch_execute.3: memcached_get.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_fetch_execute.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_fetch_execute.3
 
 memcached_mget.3: memcached_get.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_mget.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_mget.3
 
 memcached_mget_by_key.3: memcached_get.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_mget_by_key.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_mget_by_key.3
 
 memcached_fetch.3: memcached_get.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_fetch.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_get.pod > memcached_fetch.3
 
 memcached_quit.3: memcached_quit.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_quit.pod > memcached_quit.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_quit.pod > memcached_quit.3
 
 memcached_strerror.3: memcached_strerror.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_strerror.pod > memcached_strerror.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_strerror.pod > memcached_strerror.3
 
 memcached_server_count.3: memcached_servers.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_count.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_count.3
 
 memcached_server_list.3: memcached_servers.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_list.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_list.3
 
 memcached_server_add.3: memcached_servers.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_add.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_add.3
 
 memcached_server_add_unix_socket.3: memcached_servers.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_add_unix_socket.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_add_unix_socket.3
 
 memcached_server_push.3: memcached_servers.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_push.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_servers.pod > memcached_server_push.3
 
 memcached_server_list_free.3: memcached_server_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_server_list_free.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_server_list_free.3
 
 memcached_server_list_count.3: memcached_server_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_server_list_count.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_server_list_count.3
 
 memcached_server_list_append.3: memcached_server_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_server_list_append.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_server_list_append.3
 
 memcached_servers_parse.3: memcached_server_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_servers_parse.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_server_st.pod > memcached_servers_parse.3
 
 memcached_verbosity.3: memcached_verbosity.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_verbosity.pod > memcached_verbosity.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_verbosity.pod > memcached_verbosity.3
 
 memcached_behavior_get.3: memcached_behavior.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_behavior.pod > memcached_behavior_get.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_behavior.pod > memcached_behavior_get.3
 
 memcached_behavior_set.3: memcached_behavior.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_behavior.pod > memcached_behavior_set.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_behavior.pod > memcached_behavior_set.3
 
 memcached_callback_get.3: memcached_callback.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_callback.pod > memcached_callback_get.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_callback.pod > memcached_callback_get.3
 
 memcached_callback_set.3: memcached_callback.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_callback.pod > memcached_callback_set.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_callback.pod > memcached_callback_set.3
 
 memcached_stat.3: memcached_stats.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat.3
 
 memcached_stat_servername.3: memcached_stats.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat_servername.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat_servername.3
 
 memcached_stat_get_value.3: memcached_stats.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat_get_value.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat_get_value.3
 
 memcached_stat_get_keys.3: memcached_stats.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat_get_keys.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_stats.pod > memcached_stat_get_keys.3
 
 memcached_result_st.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_st.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_st.3
 
 memcached_result_create.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_create.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_create.3
 
 memcached_result_free.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_free.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_free.3
 
 memcached_result_key_value.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_key_value.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_key_value.3
 
 memcached_result_key_length.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_key_length.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_key_length.3
 
 memcached_result_value.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_value.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_value.3
 
 memcached_result_length.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_length.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_length.3
 
 memcached_result_flags.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_flags.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_flags.3
 
 memcached_result_cas.3: memcached_result_st.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_cas.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_result_st.pod > memcached_result_cas.3
 
 memcached_version.3: memcached_version.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_version.pod > memcached_version.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_version.pod > memcached_version.3
 
 memcached_lib_version.3: memcached_version.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_version.pod  > memcached_lib_version.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_version.pod  > memcached_lib_version.3
 
 memcached_flush_buffers.3: memcached_flush_buffers.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_flush_buffers.pod  > memcached_flush_buffers.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_flush_buffers.pod  > memcached_flush_buffers.3
 
 memcached_analyze.3: memcached_analyze.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_analyze.pod > memcached_analyze.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_analyze.pod > memcached_analyze.3
 
 memcached_generate_hash_value.3: memcached_generate_hash_value.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_generate_hash_value.pod > memcached_generate_hash_value.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_generate_hash_value.pod > memcached_generate_hash_value.3
 
 memcached_get_memory_allocators.3: memcached_memory_allocators.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_memory_allocators.pod > memcached_get_memory_allocators.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_memory_allocators.pod > memcached_get_memory_allocators.3
 
 memcached_set_memory_allocators.3: memcached_memory_allocators.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_memory_allocators.pod > memcached_set_memory_allocators.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_memory_allocators.pod > memcached_set_memory_allocators.3
 
 memcached_get_user_data.3: memcached_user_data.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_user_data.pod > memcached_get_user_data.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_user_data.pod > memcached_get_user_data.3
 
 memcached_set_user_data.3: memcached_user_data.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_user_data.pod > memcached_set_user_data.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_user_data.pod > memcached_set_user_data.3
 
 memcached_pool_create.3: memcached_pool.pod 
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_create.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_create.3
 
 memcached_pool_destroy.3: memcached_pool.pod 
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_destroy.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_destroy.3
 
 memcached_pool_pop.3: memcached_pool.pod 
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_pop.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_pop.3
 
 memcached_pool_push.3: memcached_pool.pod 
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_push.3
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcachedutil" -r "" -s 3 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcached_pool.pod > memcached_pool_push.3
 
 memcp.1: memcp.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcp.pod > memcp.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcp.pod > memcp.1
 
 memslap.1: memslap.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memslap.pod > memslap.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memslap.pod > memslap.1
 
 memcat.1: memcat.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcat.pod > memcat.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memcat.pod > memcat.1
 
 memstat.1: memstat.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memstat.pod > memstat.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memstat.pod > memstat.1
 
 memrm.1: memrm.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memrm.pod > memrm.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memrm.pod > memrm.1
 
 memerror.1: memerror.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memerror.pod > memerror.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memerror.pod > memerror.1
 
 memdump.1: memdump.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memdump.pod > memdump.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memdump.pod > memdump.1
 
 memflush.1: memflush.pod
-	@POD2MAN@ -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memflush.pod > memflush.1
+	${POD2MAN} -c "libmemcached" -r "" -s 1 ${top_srcdir}/docs/memflush.pod > memflush.1
 
 test: 
 	podchecker $(top_srcdir)/docs/libmemcached.pod
diff --git a/m4/pod2man.m4 b/m4/pod2man.m4
index 8dde96e7..26589981 100644
--- a/m4/pod2man.m4
+++ b/m4/pod2man.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-AC_PATH_PROG([POD2MAN], [pod2man], "no", [$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/perl5/bin])
-if test "x$POD2MAN" = "xno"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(["Could not find pod2man anywhere in path"])
-fi
-AC_SUBST(POD2MAN)
+AC_DEFUN([REQUIRE_POD2MAN],[
+  AC_PATH_PROG([POD2MAN], [pod2man],
+    "no", [$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/perl5/bin])
+  AS_IF([test "x$POD2MAN" = "xno"],
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(["Could not find pod2man anywhere in path"]))
+  AC_SUBST(POD2MAN)
+])
-- 
2.30.2