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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:47:06 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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Subject: Re: mkdir -p and EROFS
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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  <eggert AT cs DOT ucla DOT edu>
> 
> 	* 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             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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