Test "$pathcomp/." so a symlink to a directory counts as an existing

directory.

diff --git a/mkinstalldirs b/mkinstalldirs
index cd1fe0a7947c8ef25c705fb074e19baf1e4558f6..b044a331960b6aff96067021f52f92cb22d76d9e 100755 (executable)
--- 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