release/1.1.5.1_cvsreleng/1

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/mkdirs.c b/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/mkdirs.c
index a4e0b67bb8c3..9b5b23ffd7b1 100644
--- a/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/mkdirs.c
+++ b/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/mkdirs.c
@@ -29,17 +29,19 @@ fsysdep_make_dirs (zfile, fpublic)
       if (*z == '/' && z != zcopy)
 	{
 	  *z = '\0';
-	  if (! fsysdep_directory (zcopy))
+	  if (mkdir (zcopy, imode) != 0
+	      && errno != EEXIST
+	      && (errno != EACCES || ! fsysdep_directory (zcopy)))
 	    {
-	      if (mkdir (zcopy, imode) != 0)
-		{
-		  ulog (LOG_ERROR, "mkdir (%s): %s", zcopy,
-			strerror (errno));
-		  ubuffree (zcopy);
-		  return FALSE;
-		}
+	      ulog (LOG_ERROR, "mkdir (%s): %s", zcopy,
+		    strerror (errno));
+	      ubuffree (zcopy);
+	      return FALSE;
 	    }
-	  *z = '/';
+	  *z = '/';     /* replace '/' in its place */
+          		/* now skips over multiple '/' in name */
+          while ( (*(z + 1)) && (*(z + 1)) == '/')
+              z++;
 	}
     }