> I'm scratching my head over this.
> 
> On 1.5.3RC1 and a recent -current I can:
> 
> mkdir -p //foo//bar//
> 
> without a problem and create /foo/bar.
> 
> Was the failure mode something different?

I think they are talking about mkdir(2) not mkdir(1).

main(){
    int ret;
    
    ret = mkdir("//tmp//bar//", 0777);
    if (ret < 0){
	perror("mkdir 1");
    }

    ret = mkdir("/tmp/bar2", 0777);
    if (ret < 0){
	perror("mkdir 2");
    }
}

The first fails in -current with a "mkdir 1: No such file or
directory" and the second succeeds.

-wolfgang
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