Man page building requires host version of zile. diff -u -r ../zile-2.4.11/Makefile.in ./Makefile.in --- ../zile-2.4.11/Makefile.in 2014-02-26 08:58:01.000000000 +0100 +++ ./Makefile.in 2014-02-28 20:40:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -1799,7 +1799,6 @@ edit = sed \ -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|$(pkgdatadir)|g' -man_MANS = doc/zile.1 AM_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(LIBGC_CFLAGS) AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(builddir)/src -I$(srcdir)/src $(ISYSTEM)$(builddir)/lib $(ISYSTEM)$(srcdir)/lib -DPATH_DOCDIR="\"$(docdir)\"" LDADD = $(builddir)/lib/lib$(PACKAGE).a $(LIB_ACL) $(LIB_EACCESS) $(LIBINTL) $(CURSES_LIB) $(LIBGC_LIBS)