diff -ruN ddd-3.3.12/ddd/Makefile.am ddd-my/ddd/Makefile.am
--- ddd-3.3.12/ddd/Makefile.am	2009-02-11 18:25:07.000000000 +0100
+++ ddd-my/ddd/Makefile.am	2012-11-06 01:48:46.363493473 +0100
@@ -1371,10 +1371,8 @@
 man_MANS = ddd.1
 
 # `ddd.man' has 8-bit format, `ddd.1' has 7-bit format
-ddd.1:   ddd.man $(srcdir)/unumlaut.sed
-	-$(SED) -f $(srcdir)/unumlaut.sed ddd.man | $(DELETE_CR) > $@~ \
-	    && $(MV) $@~ $@
-
+ddd.1:   ddd.man
+	iconv -f ISO8859-15 -t UTF-8 ddd.man > ddd.1
 
 
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