Re: minor mkdir bug fixes

[Paul Eggert]

address@hidden (David Feuer) writes:

> If it is ever possible to create the directory when chdir fails, then
> this latter (main loop) code should fall back on the unoptimized code
> rather than aborting.  Otherwise, the initial (absolute pathname) code
> should be changed to abort.

Sorry, I still don't quite follow (it is a tricky area), but that code
has changed quite a bit since the old version that you're referring
to, so perhaps the point would be different now.  You can take a look
yourself, if you like:

cvs -z3 -d address@hidden/cvsroot/coreutils co coreutils