diff --git a/tools/make_man.sh b/tools/make_man.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# stop on failure
+set -e
+
+[ -z "${TMPDIR}" ] && TMPDIR="/tmp"
+
+# do not allow undefined variables anymore
+set -u
+WEBOOB_TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR}/weboob_man.XXXXX")
+
+# path to sources
+WEBOOB_DIR=$(readlink -e $(dirname $0)/..)
+touch "${WEBOOB_TMPDIR}/backends"
+chmod 600 "${WEBOOB_TMPDIR}/backends"
+echo "file://$WEBOOB_DIR/modules" > "${WEBOOB_TMPDIR}/sources.list"
+
+export WEBOOB_WORKDIR="${WEBOOB_TMPDIR}"
+export PYTHONPATH="${WEBOOB_DIR}"
+"${WEBOOB_DIR}/scripts/weboob-config" update
+
+"${WEBOOB_DIR}/tools/make_man.py"
+
+# allow failing commands past this point
+STATUS=$?
+
+rm -rf "${WEBOOB_TMPDIR}"
+
+exit $STATUS