Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ m4_defun([_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE], > [if mkdir -p . 2>/dev/null; then > as_mkdir_p=: > else > + rm -fr ./-p IMHO using rmdir here has less change of destoying a pre-existing directory (and if it's created by mkdir it should be empty anyway). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@xxxxxxx SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."