Merge branch '3.x' into master

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/builders/manpage.py b/sphinx/builders/manpage.py
index 4166dece9..2a10ba62f 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/manpage.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/manpage.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from sphinx.util import logging
 from sphinx.util import progress_message
 from sphinx.util.console import darkgreen  # type: ignore
 from sphinx.util.nodes import inline_all_toctrees
-from sphinx.util.osutil import make_filename_from_project
+from sphinx.util.osutil import ensuredir, make_filename_from_project
 from sphinx.writers.manpage import ManualPageWriter, ManualPageTranslator
 
 
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ class ManualPageBuilder(Builder):
             docsettings.authors = authors
             docsettings.section = section
 
-            targetname = '%s.%s' % (name, section)
+            if self.config.man_make_section_directory:
+                ensuredir(path.join(self.outdir, str(section)))
+                targetname = '%s/%s.%s' % (section, name, section)
+            else:
+                targetname = '%s.%s' % (name, section)
+
             logger.info(darkgreen(targetname) + ' { ', nonl=True)
             destination = FileOutput(
                 destination_path=path.join(self.outdir, targetname),
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
     app.add_config_value('man_pages', default_man_pages, None)
     app.add_config_value('man_show_urls', False, None)
+    app.add_config_value('man_make_section_directory', False, None)
 
     return {
         'version': 'builtin',