+ ) + FOOTER.format(dist_files=mjoin(sorted(dist_files)))
+
+MESON_HEADER = '''\
+# Do not edit. Generated by make-man-rules.py.
+manpages = ['''
+
+MESON_FOOTER = '''\
+]
+# Really, do not edit.'''
+
+def make_mesonfile(rules, dist_files):
+ # reformat rules as
+ # grouped = [ [name, section, [alias...], condition], ...]
+ #
+ # but first create a dictionary like
+ # lists = { (name, condition) => [alias...]
+ grouped = collections.defaultdict(list)
+ for condition, items in rules.items():
+ for alias, name in items.items():
+ group = grouped[(name, condition)]
+ if name != alias:
+ group.append(alias)
+
+ lines = [ [p[0][:-2], p[0][-1], sorted(a[:-2] for a in aliases), p[1]]
+ for p, aliases in sorted(grouped.items()) ]
+ return '\n'.join((MESON_HEADER, pprint.pformat(lines)[1:-1], MESON_FOOTER))