diff --git a/ideintf/units/powerpc/darwin/README b/ideintf/units/powerpc/darwin/README
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+This is an output directory, so it is empty at start or after clean up.
+But CVS does not always create empty directories.
+This file makes sure the directory is created.
diff --git a/packager/units/powerpc/darwin/README b/packager/units/powerpc/darwin/README
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+This is an output directory, so it is empty at start or after clean up.
+But CVS does not always create empty directories.
+This file makes sure the directory is created.