Subject: Re: [bug#60776] [PATCH] distdir/emacs: avoid `test -d` with MKDIR_P

From: Mike Frysinger <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:43:58 -0500

On 14 Jan 2023 15:17, Karl Berry wrote:
>     imo we overly rely on explicit @ in many places which can make debugging
>     failures painful.
> 
> FWIW, I agree. Although I see no @ here.

most of the code directly preceding & following this line use @.
i.e. the vast majority of the current distdir logic.
-mike