diff -r b9f695c2f5b7 -r 17cdb10b1675 scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common
--- a/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common	Wed Aug 22 23:11:03 2012 +0200
+++ b/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common	Mon Oct 22 03:32:28 2012 +0000
@@ -453,11 +453,16 @@
             # Omit JOBSFLAGS as GLIBC has problems building the
             # manuals in parallel
             CT_DoExecLog ALL make pdf html
-            # EGLIBC doesn't have a install-{pdf.html} and leaves the manuals
-            # in the source directory
+            # EGLIBC doesn't have a install-{pdf.html}, and older
+            # versions leave the manuals in the source directory
             CT_DoExecLog ALL mkdir -p ${CT_PREFIX_DIR}/share/doc
-            CT_DoExecLog ALL cp -av ${src_dir}/manual/*.pdf ${src_dir}/manual/libc \
-                ${CT_PREFIX_DIR}/share/doc
+            if [ ${CT_LIBC_EGLIBC_2_16_or_later} = "y" ]; then
+                CT_DoExecLog ALL cp -av manual/*.pdf manual/libc \
+                    ${CT_PREFIX_DIR}/share/doc
+            else
+                CT_DoExecLog ALL cp -av ${src_dir}/manual/*.pdf ${src_dir}/manual/libc \
+                    ${CT_PREFIX_DIR}/share/doc
+            fi
         fi
 
         if [ "${CT_LIBC_LOCALES}" = "y" ]; then