On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Adam Heath wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Jor-el wrote: > > > Is there a reason this script exists? Why wouldnt 'mkdir -p' do > > what it does? > > Not all mkdirs are created equal. > Adam, Well yeah, but I looked up the POSIX spec and the 1993 printing that I have access to mentioned the -p option even then. So the question that interests me is : which port of dpkg doesnt have access to a POSIX compatible 'mkdir'? Regards, Jor-el