From cf77156a0ef987f5e57f6b830578c21bae36d48d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 07:18:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Test "$pathcomp/." so a symlink to a directory counts as an
 existing directory.

---
 mkinstalldirs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mkinstalldirs b/mkinstalldirs
index cd1fe0a79..b044a3319 100755
--- a/mkinstalldirs
+++ b/mkinstalldirs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ do
        -* ) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
      esac
 
-     if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
+     # Test `DIR/.' so that we see a symlink to a directory as a directory.
+     if test ! -d "$pathcomp"/.; then
         echo "mkdir $pathcomp" 1>&2
         mkdir "$pathcomp" || errstatus=$?
      fi
-- 
2.47.3