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@@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ of @file{sysdeps} implements. For example,
directory contains various network-oriented operations which only make
sense to put in the library on systems that support the Internet.@refill
+@item Dist
+
+This file contains the names of files (relative to the subdirectory of
+@file{sysdeps} in which it appears) which should be included in the
+distribution. List any new files used by rules in the @file{Makefile}
+in the same directory, or header files used by the source files in that
+directory. You don't need to list files that are implementations
+(either C or assembly source) of routines whose names are given in the
+machine-independent makefiles in the main source tree.
+
@item configure
This file is a shell script fragment to be run at configuration time.