Re: AS_MKDIR_P bug/patch

[Eric Sunshine]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:11:11 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> > @@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ m4_defun([_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE],
> > [if mkdir -p . 2>/dev/null; then
> > as_mkdir_p=:
> > else
> > +  rm -fr ./-p
> IMHO using rmdir here has less change of destoying a pre-existing
> directory (and if it's created by mkdir it should be empty anyway).

Indeed, the following would probably be more appropriate:

test -d ./-p && rmdir ./-p

-- ES