>> I have discovered that many target directories must previously exist.
>> One example is the /usr/share/man/cat[0-8] directories are not created
>> by any make directive that I have found. I presume that these target
>> directories were created by an install of the binary tar files.
>
>You should look at the methods used to build snapshots, etc., found in
>/usr/src/etc/Makefile.  You want to use the 'mtree' program.

Thank you.