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Subject: Re: Possibility of a ${srcdir}/info/dir target race?
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Paul Eggert wrote:

> ... or the directory './info' doesn't exist, and that indeed is a race.

Why would info/, which is included in release tarfiles and not deleted
by any rule AFAICS, go missing?