To reproduce build falure (before the fix):
$ mkdir <builddir>
$ cd <builddir>
$ ../condigure --disable-dependency-tracking
$ make src/conf/help.cc V=1
cp ../bootstrap/src/conf/help.cc src/conf/help.cc
cp: cannot create regular file ‘src/conf/help.cc’: No such file or directory
Makefile:1984: recipe for target 'src/conf/help.cc' failed
make: *** [src/conf/help.cc] Error 1
$(DOC): $(BOOTSTRAP_DOC)
cp $(top_srcdir)/$(BOOTSTRAP_DOC) $@
$(AUTOGEN_HELP): $(BOOTSTRAP_HELP)
+ $(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) $(dir $@)
cp $(top_srcdir)/$(BOOTSTRAP_HELP) $@
endif