From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 1994 13:18:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: .
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diff --git a/lib/makepath.c b/lib/makepath.c
index bb6a09c12c..4d647b5ef3 100644
--- a/lib/makepath.c
+++ b/lib/makepath.c
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ make_path (argpath, mode, parent_mode, owner, group, verbose_fmt_string)
       /* We're done making leading directories.
 	 Make the final component of the path.  */
 
-      if (mkdir (dirpath, mode))
+      /* The path could end in "/." or contain "/..", so test
+	 if we really have to create the directory.  */
+
+      if (stat (dirpath, &stats) && mkdir (dirpath, mode))
 	{
 	  error (0, errno, "cannot make directory `%s'", dirpath);
 	  umask (oldmask);