> Shouldn't there be a continuation "\" in:
> 
> #   $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.128 1999/11/05 11:31:40 mycroft Exp $
> 
> at:
> 
> distrib-dirs:
>     ${INSTALL} ${INSTPRIV} -d -o root -g wheel -m 755 ${DESTDIR}
>     -mtree -def mtree/NetBSD.dist -p ${DESTDIR}/ -u
>     cd ${DESTDIR}; rm -f sys; ln -s usr/src/sys sys	

No.

Quoting from make(1):
     If the first or first two characters of the command line are `@' and/or
     `-', the command is treated specially.  A `@' causes the command not to
     be echoed before it is executed.  A `-' causes any non-zero exit status
     of the command line to be ignored.

					- Bill