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-rw-r--r--lib/makepath.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/makepath.c b/lib/makepath.c
index 4a758e37a..20e9a1288 100644
--- a/lib/makepath.c
+++ b/lib/makepath.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ make_dir (const char *dir, const char *dirpath, mode_t mode, int *created_dir_p)
if (!created_dir)
{
struct stat stats;
+ int saved_errno = errno;
/* The mkdir and stat calls below may appear to be reversed.
They are not. It is important to call mkdir first and then to
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ make_dir (const char *dir, const char *dirpath, mode_t mode, int *created_dir_p)
if (stat (dir, &stats))
{
- error (0, errno, _("cannot create directory `%s'"), dirpath);
+ error (0, saved_errno, _("cannot create directory `%s'"), dirpath);
fail = 1;
}
else if (!S_ISDIR (stats.st_mode))