The existing order of the checks for whether man1dir and man3dir were

' ' were obviously buggy, because they set installman[13]dir only for
the next if block to set it again. Reordering removes that daftness.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@27485

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 21bd06e..2cebb0c 100755 (executable)
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -8017,17 +8017,16 @@ if $test "X$man1direxp" != "X$ansexp"; then
 fi
 man1dir="$ans"
 man1direxp="$ansexp"
-case "$man1dir" in
-'')    man1dir=' '
-       installman1dir='';;
-esac
-
 : Change installation prefix, if necessary.
 if $test X"$prefix" != X"$installprefix"; then
        installman1dir=`echo $man1direxp | $sed "s#^$prefixexp#$installprefixexp#"`
 else
        installman1dir="$man1direxp"
 fi
+case "$man1dir" in
+'')    man1dir=' '
+       installman1dir='';;
+esac
 
 : What suffix to use on installed man pages
 
@@ -8142,17 +8141,16 @@ rp="Where do the $package library man pages (source) go?"
 . ./getfile
 man3dir="$ans"
 man3direxp="$ansexp"
-case "$man3dir" in
-'')    man3dir=' '
-       installman3dir='';;
-esac
-
 : Change installation prefix, if necessary.
 if $test X"$prefix" != X"$installprefix"; then
        installman3dir=`echo $man3direxp | $sed "s#^$prefixexp#$installprefixexp#"`
 else
        installman3dir="$man3direxp"
 fi
+case "$man3dir" in
+'')    man3dir=' '
+       installman3dir='';;
+esac
 
 : What suffix to use on installed man pages
 case "$man3dir" in