diff --git a/RoboFile.php b/RoboFile.php
index cd2c7a9..4e1cdb5 100644
--- a/RoboFile.php
+++ b/RoboFile.php
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ class RoboFile extends \Robo\Tasks {
             // get useable version strings from Git
             $version = trim(`git -C "$dir" describe --tags`);
             $archVersion = preg_replace('/^([^-]+)-(\d+)-(\w+)$/', "$1.r$2.$3", $version);
-            // generate manpages
-            $t->addTask($this->taskExec("./robo manpage")->dir($dir));
             // name the generic release tarball
             $tarball = "arsse-$version.tar.gz";
             // generate the Debian changelog; this also validates our original changelog
@@ -187,7 +185,9 @@ class RoboFile extends \Robo\Tasks {
             $t->addTask($this->taskReplaceInFile($dir."dist/arch/PKGBUILD")->regex('/^source=\("arsse-[^"]+"\)$/m')->to('source=("'.basename($tarball).'")'));
             // perform Composer installation in the temp location with dev dependencies
             $t->addTask($this->taskComposerInstall()->arg("-q")->dir($dir));
-            // generate the manual
+            // generate manpages
+            $t->addTask($this->taskExec("./robo manpage")->dir($dir));
+            // generate the HTML manual
             $t->addTask($this->taskExec("./robo manual -q")->dir($dir));
             // perform Composer installation in the temp location for final output
             $t->addTask($this->taskComposerInstall()->dir($dir)->noDev()->optimizeAutoloader()->arg("--no-scripts")->arg("-q"));
diff --git a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
index a264a3e..ad4b671 100644
--- a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ package() {
     cp dist/sysuser.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/tmpfiles.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/php-fpm.conf "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
-    cp dist/manpage "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/arsse.1"
+    cp -T dist/manpage "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/arsse.1"
     cp -r dist/nginx dist/apache config.defaults.php "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse"
     cd "$pkgdir"
     # copy files requiring special permissions
diff --git a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
index fb25a49..104a299 100644
--- a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
+++ b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ package() {
     cp dist/sysuser.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/tmpfiles.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/php-fpm.conf "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
-    cp dist/manpage "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/arsse.1"
+    cp -T dist/manpage "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/arsse.1"
     cp -r dist/nginx dist/apache config.defaults.php "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse"
     cd "$pkgdir"
     # copy files requiring special permissions