diff --git a/app-cdr/bchunk/bchunk-1.2.0.bep b/app-cdr/bchunk/bchunk-1.2.0.bep
index 703cfbe41..0e4d80adb 100644
--- a/app-cdr/bchunk/bchunk-1.2.0.bep
+++ b/app-cdr/bchunk/bchunk-1.2.0.bep
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DESCRIPTION="binchunker converts a CD image in .bin/.cue format to a set of .iso and .cdr tracks." 
-HOMEPAGE="http://he.fi/bchunk/" 
+DESCRIPTION="binchunker converts a CD image in .bin/.cue format to a set of .iso and .cdr tracks."
+HOMEPAGE="http://he.fi/bchunk/"
 SRC_URI="http://he.fi/bchunk/bchunk-1.2.0.tar.gz"
 REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ BUILD {
 
 INSTALL {
 	cd bchunk-1.2.0
-	mkdir -p $(finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY)
-	mkdir -p $(finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY)/man/man1
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}$(finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY)
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}$(finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY)/man/man1
-	install -m 755 -s bchunk ${DESTDIR}$(finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY)
-	install -m 644 bchunk.1 ${DESTDIR}$(finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY)/man/man1
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_BIN=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	mkdir -p $COMMON_BIN
+	mkdir -p $COMMON_DOCS/man/man1
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}$COMMON_BIN
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}$COMMON_DOCS/man/man1
+	install -m 755 -s bchunk ${DESTDIR}$COMMON_BIN
+	install -m 644 bchunk.1 ${DESTDIR}$COMMON_DOCS/man/man1
 }
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2004 Heikki Hannikainen"
diff --git a/app-editors/nano/nano-2.2.6.bep b/app-editors/nano/nano-2.2.6.bep
index fb9a9ff51..074d13d35 100644
--- a/app-editors/nano/nano-2.2.6.bep
+++ b/app-editors/nano/nano-2.2.6.bep
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DESCRIPTION="GNU GPL'd Pico clone with more functionality" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.nano-editor.org/" 
+DESCRIPTION="GNU GPL'd Pico clone with more functionality"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.nano-editor.org/"
 SRC_URI="http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.6.tar.gz"
 REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses >= 5.6
 CHECKSUM_MD5="03233ae480689a008eb98feb1b599807"
 BUILD {
 	cd nano-2.2.6
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
 		--datadir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
-		--infodir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/info \
-		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DATA_DIRECTORY`/man
+		--infodir=$COMMON_DOCS/info \
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man
 	make
 }
 
diff --git a/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.1.24.bep b/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.1.24.bep
index 48d77e6fd..23f1d6023 100644
--- a/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.1.24.bep
+++ b/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.1.24.bep
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ BUILD {
 	aclocal -I m4
 #	automake
 	autoconf
-	MANDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_BIN=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
 	LIBDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY`
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
 		--libdir=$LIBDIR \
-		--mandir=$MANDIR \
-		--sbindir=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man \
+		--sbindir=$COMMON_BIN
 	make
 }
 
diff --git a/app-text/rman/rman-3.2.bep b/app-text/rman/rman-3.2.bep
index ed42b37d8..5111df686 100644
--- a/app-text/rman/rman-3.2.bep
+++ b/app-text/rman/rman-3.2.bep
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DESCRIPTION="PolyGlotMan man page translator AKA RosettaMan" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.sourceforge.net/project/polyglotman" 
+DESCRIPTION="PolyGlotMan man page translator AKA RosettaMan"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.sourceforge.net/project/polyglotman"
 SRC_URI="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/polyglotman/polyglotman/3.2/rman-3.2.tar.gz"
 REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ DEPEND=""
 CHECKSUM_MD5="6d1d67641c6d042595a96a62340d3cc6"
 BUILD {
 	cd rman-3.2
-	make BINDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY` MANDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_BIN=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	make BINDIR=$COMMON_BIN MANDIR=$COMMON_DOCS/man
 }
 
 INSTALL {
 	cd rman-3.2
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
-	make install BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY` MANDIR=${DESTDIR}/`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_BIN=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/$COMMON_BIN
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/$COMMON_DOCS/man
+	make install BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/$COMMON_BIN MANDIR=${DESTDIR}/$COMMON_DOCS/man
 }
 LICENSE="Artistic"
 COPYRIGHT="2003 Thomas A. Phelps"
diff --git a/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.7.5.bep b/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.7.5.bep
index 89a8a71d5..5b4f7ea11 100644
--- a/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.7.5.bep
+++ b/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.7.5.bep
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DESCRIPTION="SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine." 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.sqlite.org/" 
+DESCRIPTION="SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine."
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.sqlite.org/"
 SRC_URI="http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-autoconf-3070500.tar.gz"
 REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ BUILD {
 	aclocal
 	autoconf
 	automake
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man
 	make
 }