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According to Paul Eggert on 10/12/2005 3:24 PM:
> Thanks for reporting this. It is indeed a bug in
> coreutils/lib/mkdir-p.c. It can be triggered by other errors too.
> This is hard to write a test case for, but I'd like to fix things.
> Does the following patch work for you?
>
> 2005-10-12 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> * mkdir-p.c (make_dir_parents): Don't fail if an intervening mkdir
> fails due to EROFS, or due to EEXIST or other reasons for that matter.
> Problem reported by Eric Blake.
> (ENOSYS): Remove; no longer needed.
This patch also has the nice side effect that mkdir -p c:\dir succeeds
again, since it no longer filters on the EACCES being returned by
mkdir("c:"). Expect a coreutils-5.90-3 when I get a chance to bundle it
together in the next couple of days.
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Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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