Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
mule-base-1.24-pkg.tar.gz
seems to contain files that have the extension .EL instead of .el:
lisp/mule-base/ethio-util.EL
lisp/mule-base/ethiopic.EL
lisp/mule-base/vietnamese.EL
They're present in the hopes someone will hack on them. They have
extension .EL instead of .el so batch-update-directory doesn't puke
and die on them since they're pure poison.