Re: "thread-safe" mkdir -p
Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs |
|---|---|
| Organization | UCLA Computer Science Department |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Thanks for mentioning that; I installed the attached to fix it.
0001-Fix-terminology-typo-in-mkdir-p-check.patch
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From 5a72a803bc4bc23f6a64dd8eed95535b1a3a144d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2019 01:37:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix terminology typo in mkdir -p check MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_MKDIR_P): Say “race-free”, not “thread-safe”. Problem reported by Reuben Thomas in: https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-autoconf/2019-09/msg00003.html --- lib/autoconf/programs.m4 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 index cf36ac15..5c73df05 100644 --- a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 +++ b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ AC_SUBST(INSTALL_DATA)dnl # AC_PROG_MKDIR_P # --------------- -# Check whether `mkdir -p' is known to be thread-safe, and fall back to +# Check whether `mkdir -p' is known to be race-free, and fall back to # install-sh -d otherwise. # # Automake 1.8 used `mkdir -m 0755 -p --' to ensure that directories @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ AN_MAKEVAR([MKDIR_P], [AC_PROG_MKDIR_P]) AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P], [AC_REQUIRE([AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR_DEFAULT])dnl AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([install-sh])dnl -AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a thread-safe mkdir -p]) +AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a race-free mkdir -p]) if test -z "$MKDIR_P"; then AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_path_mkdir], [_AS_PATH_WALK([$PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/opt/sfw/bin], -- 2.21.0