Found the missing man page, RPM was being 'helpful' and compressing it.

gridtracker.spec

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ make
 
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
-# temporary hack to check if all of our files were installed properly
-find ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/share/man -ls
 
 %check
 # desktop-file-validate desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
@@ -43,6 +41,5 @@ make clean
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/
+%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1*
 %license %{_docdir}/%{name}/LICENSE
-# XXX we're not finding it despite it being installed
-# %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1