$makeindex = 'internal xindy ' . $ENV{'XINDYOPTS'} . ' %O -o %D %S'; sub xindy { my @args = @_; if (-z $args[-1]) { # create an empty .ind file if .idx is empty open(FH, ">" . $args[-2]); close(FH); return 0; } else { return system("xindy", @args); } } add_cus_dep( "glo", "gls", 0, "makeglo" ); sub makeglo { return system( "makeindex -s gglo.ist -o '$_[0].gls' '$_[0].glo'" ); }