diff --git a/extra/man-pages-posix/build b/extra/man-pages-posix/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0fa9b71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/man-pages-posix/build
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+make prefix=/usr DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/man-pages-posix/checksums b/extra/man-pages-posix/checksums
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index 00000000..1061c42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/man-pages-posix/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ce67bb25b5048b20dad772e405a83f4bc70faf051afa289361c81f9660318bc3
diff --git a/extra/man-pages-posix/sources b/extra/man-pages-posix/sources
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index 00000000..6dc7ad75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/man-pages-posix/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/man-pages-posix/man-pages-posix-2017-a.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/man-pages-posix/version b/extra/man-pages-posix/version
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index 00000000..eea87506
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+++ b/extra/man-pages-posix/version
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+2017a 1