diff --git a/obj/mingw32/tmpfile.txt b/obj/mingw32/tmpfile.txt
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-This file is needed because some unzip programs skip empty directories.
diff --git a/obj/msvc/tmpfile.txt b/obj/msvc/tmpfile.txt
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-This file is needed because some unzip programs skip empty directories.
diff --git a/obj/tmpfile.txt b/obj/tmpfile.txt
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-This file is needed because some unzip programs skip empty directories.
diff --git a/obj/unix/tmpfile.txt b/obj/unix/tmpfile.txt
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-This file is needed because some unzip programs skip empty directories.