bug#63161: Issue with mkinstalldirs and symb links

[Panaiotis Arnaud]

Hi,

 

I encounter an issue while working with glibc with script scripts/mkinstalldirs. In scriptversion=2018-03-07.03; # UTC.

 

I had a symbolic link lib64->lib and the folder lib did not exist.

 

The glibc installing process is calling   ./scripts/mkinstalldirs [..]/lib64 which failed to mkdir -p it.

 

I made a working patch for my case, which need to be reworked as a loop (As I use the script with a single argument $@ and not a list of them).

 

Here is my solution:

--- a/scripts/mkinstalldirs.old 2023-04-28 15:25:12.087611912 +0200

+++ b/scripts/mkinstalldirs     2023-04-28 15:27:28.056402448 +0200

@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@

case $dirmode in

   '')

     if mkdir -p --version . >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -d ./--version; then

-      echo "mkdir -p -- $*"

-      exec mkdir -p -- "$@"

+      if test -L "$@"; then

+        echo "mkdir -p -- \"\$(realpath $*)\""

+        exec mkdir -p -- "$(realpath $@)"

+      else

+        echo "mkdir -p -- $*"

+        exec mkdir -p -- "$@"

+      fi

     else

       # On NextStep and OpenStep, the 'mkdir' command does not

       # recognize any option.  It will interpret all options as

 

Best regards,

 

Arnaud Panaïotis
Freelance Lead developer
APsudo