Use a symlink instead of hardlink for mandoc -> man link. diff -u -r ../mdocml-1.13.3/Makefile ./Makefile --- ../mdocml-1.13.3/Makefile 2015-03-13 08:38:38.000000000 -0400 +++ ./Makefile 2015-07-08 20:48:47.384902670 -0400 @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3 mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man7 $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) mandoc demandoc $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR) - ln -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/mandoc $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$(BINM_MAN) + ln -s -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/mandoc $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$(BINM_MAN) $(INSTALL_LIB) libmandoc.a $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR) $(INSTALL_LIB) man.h mandoc.h mandoc_aux.h mdoc.h \ $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)