diff -Naur stable.old/buildtools/makeman stable/buildtools/makeman
--- stable.old/buildtools/makeman	2010-11-13 23:59:26.957862375 +0100
+++ stable/buildtools/makeman	2010-11-13 23:59:51.218395158 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/env python
+#!/bin/env python2
 #
 # makeman -- compile netpbm's stereotyped HTML to troff markup
 #
diff -Naur stable.old/buildtools/manpage.mk stable/buildtools/manpage.mk
--- stable.old/buildtools/manpage.mk	2010-11-13 23:59:26.957862375 +0100
+++ stable/buildtools/manpage.mk	2010-11-14 00:00:23.269099017 +0100
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 
 # Make man pages -- reports bad lines to standard error.
 manpages:
-	@python $(MAKEMAN) -d $(USERGUIDE) index.html $(HTMLMANUALS) 
+	@python2 $(MAKEMAN) -d $(USERGUIDE) index.html $(HTMLMANUALS) 
 	@mv index.1 netpbm.1
 
 # Make XML pages, and validate them.