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-rw-r--r--lib/mkdir-p.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mkdir-p.c b/lib/mkdir-p.c
index a6572a41b..97775eb55 100644
--- a/lib/mkdir-p.c
+++ b/lib/mkdir-p.c
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ make_dir_parents (char const *arg,
for (; leading_dirs != NULL; leading_dirs = leading_dirs->next)
{
leading_dirs->dirname_end[0] = '\0';
- if (cwd_problem || chmod (full_dir, parent_mode) != 0)
+ if ((cwd_problem && *full_dir != '/')
+ || chmod (full_dir, parent_mode) != 0)
{
error (0, (cwd_problem ? 0 : errno),
_("cannot change permissions of %s"), quote (full_dir));