Formerly vpath.c.~2~

diff --git a/vpath.c b/vpath.c
index edd0be3e2d01a18d7ac50d845f1eb3ec291afda3..40d92e390f9edb6003735fe4e6644bfa9e7d84ed 100644 (file)
--- a/vpath.c
+++ b/vpath.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This file is part of GNU Make.
 
 GNU Make is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -345,11 +345,6 @@ selective_vpath_search (path, file)
             Now NAME is the name of the directory to look in.  */
          *n = '\0';
 
-         /* Make sure the directory exists and we know its contents.  */
-         if (name_dplen > 0 && !dir_file_exists_p (name, ""))
-           /* It doesn't exist.  */
-           continue;
-
          /* We know the directory is in the hash table now because either
             construct_vpath_list or the code just above put it there.
             Does the file we seek exist in it?  */