> On the other hand, I wonder why this cannot be dealt with in
 > usr/src/Targetdirs.  I don't really understand which directories are
 > listed/created there and which are created only by other Makefiles.

Don't feel bad, I don't think anyone really understands this ;-)

In general, I think the theory is that Targetdirs should create all of the
directories and that the various Makefiles should not have to.  Among
other things, this centralized the knowledge of the permissions associated
with various directories -- though since we stopped requiring root builds,
the permissions of the directories no longer really matter.  In practice,
for more obscure directories, the Makefiles themselves often attempt to
create them if they don't exist.

-- 
meem
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