tweak comment

diff --git a/lib/makepath.c b/lib/makepath.c
index ea1b40731764e45fdc71c5f47a63e706ae8012f7..9763b4c04c271f8877c4b8197fab6cc7f23a3f2c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/makepath.c
+++ b/lib/makepath.c
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ make_path (const char *argpath,
       /* The above chown may have turned off some permission bits in MODE.
         Another reason we may have to use chmod here is that mkdir(2) is
         required to honor only the file permission bits.  In particular,
-        it may not have honored the `special' bits.  */
+        it need not honor the `special' bits, so if MODE includes any
+        special bits, set them here.  */
       if ((mode & ~S_IRWXUGO)
          && chmod (basename_dir, mode))
        {