[GHC] #11729: `make sdist` target fails

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#11729: `make sdist` target fails
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           Reporter:  erikd          |             Owner:
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Build System   |           Version:  7.10.3
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  Other
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 In the top level `Makefile` the comment above the `sdist` target says:

 {{{
 # Just running `./boot && ./configure && make sdist` should work, so skip
 # phase 0 and 1 and don't build any dependency files.
 }}}

 but when I try that (both for `master` and the `ghc-8.0` branch, I get:

 {{{
 cd sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.1.20160320 && for i in mk rules docs distrib
 bindisttest
     libffi includes utils docs rts compiler ghc driver libraries libffi-
 tarballs
     iserv; do mkdir -p $i; ( cd $i && lndir /home/erikd/Git/ghc-
 upstream/$i ); done
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 /bin/bash: lndir: command not found
 ghc.mk:1205: recipe for target 'sdist-ghc-prep-tree' failed
 make[1]: *** [sdist-ghc-prep-tree] Error 127
 }}}

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