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Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: MKDIR bug in 2.11
Keywords: MKDIRSUB, mkdir oops
Message-ID: <5143@edm.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 89 20:13:19 GMT
Organization: Unexsys Systems Inc., Edmonton,AB.
Lines: 53

It seems that there is an OOPS in the way that MKDIRSUB works for 2.11 
(We're currently running patch 14).
 While defs.dist implies that it should  be SET if your system has a mkdir 
subroutine, the replacement 'mkdir' definitin in funcs.c is surrounded
by "#IFDEF"s rather than "#IFNDEF"s.  The #IFDEF sequence is also ended with 
an '#ifdef /* !BSD4_2 */' which has been chnged appropriately.
 
The other way to fix this (as many probably have) is to DEFINE MKDIRSUB
for SYSV and other braindead systems. (just why IS mkdir an SU function???) 

diffs follow:
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
*** old/funcs.c
--- funcs.c
**************
*** 520,526
  }
  #endif /* VMS */
  
! #ifdef MKDIRSUB
  /*
   * make a directory. Also make sure that the directory is owned
   * by the right userid
--- 520,526 -----
  }
  #endif /* VMS */
  
! #ifndef MKDIRSUB
  /*
   * make a directory. Also make sure that the directory is owned
   * by the right userid
**************
*** 579,585
  #endif
  	return status;
  }
! #endif /* !BSD4_2 */
  
  #ifndef	RENAMESUB
  rename(from,to)
--- 579,585 -----
  #endif
  	return status;
  }
! #endif /* !MKDIRSUB */
  
  #ifndef	RENAMESUB
  rename(from,to)
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