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+EXTRA_DIST=gstreamer.devhelp gstreamer-libs.devhelp
+
+devhelp: gstreamer.devhelp gstreamer-libs.devhelp
+
+gstreamer.devhelp:
+	cd ../gst && make
+	./html2xml.py ../gst/html
+	sed 's/base=""/base="\/usr\/share\/doc\/gstreamer-devel-@VERSION@\/html\/gstreamer"/g' html.devhelp > gstreamer.devhelp
+	perl -i -p -e 's/name="html"/name="gstreamer"/' gstreamer.devhelp
+	rm html.devhelp
+
+gstreamer-libs.devhelp:
+	cd ../gst && make
+	./html2xml.py ../libs/html
+	sed 's/base=""/base="\/usr\/share\/doc\/gstreamer-devel-@VERSION@\/html\/gstreamer-libs"/g' html.devhelp > gstreamer-libs.devhelp
+	perl -i -p -e 's/name="html"/name="gstreamer-libs"/' gstreamer-libs.devhelp
+	rm html.devhelp