Use 'install' instead of 'mkdir' (fixes bug 821)

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3821 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index dbd5ab283..70ccf3a63 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter06 - creatingdirs.  Use
+`install -d` instead of `mkdir` (fixes bug #821)</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter04 - addinguser.  Make the lfs user
 a member of the lfs group, in case hosts add a new user to a non-existent gid by
 default (which causes the glibc testsuite to fail). Fixes bug #856.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
index b85264a47..d65054301 100644
--- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -11,31 +11,30 @@
 a directory tree. Issuing the following commands will create a more or less
 standard tree:</para>
  
-<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt}
-mkdir -p /{root,sbin,srv,tmp,usr/local,var,opt}
-mkdir -p /media/{floppy,cdrom}
-mkdir /usr/{bin,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
+<screen><userinput>install -d /{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt}
+install -d /{sbin,srv,usr/local,var,opt}
+install -d /root -m 0750
+install -d /tmp /var/tmp -m 1777
+install -d /media/{floppy,cdrom}
+install -d /usr/{bin,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
 ln -s share/{man,doc,info} /usr
-mkdir /usr/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-mkdir /usr/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-mkdir /usr/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-mkdir /usr/local/{bin,etc,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
+install -d /usr/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
+install -d /usr/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
+install -d /usr/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
+install -d /usr/local/{bin,etc,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
 ln -s share/{man,doc,info} /usr/local
-mkdir /usr/local/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-mkdir /usr/local/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-mkdir /usr/local/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-mkdir /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
-mkdir -p /var/{tmp,opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}
-mkdir /opt/{bin,doc,include,info}
-mkdir -p /opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen>
+install -d /usr/local/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
+install -d /usr/local/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
+install -d /usr/local/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
+install -d /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
+install -d /var/{tmp,opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}
+install -d /opt/{bin,doc,include,info}
+install -d /opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755, but this
-isn't desirable for all directories. We will make two changes: one to the home
-directory of <emphasis>root</emphasis>, and another to the directories for
-temporary files.</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>chmod 0750 /root
-chmod 1777 /tmp /var/tmp</userinput></screen>
+isn't desirable for all directories. In the commands above, we make two changes:
+one to the home directory of <emphasis>root</emphasis>, and another to the
+directories for temporary files.</para>
 
 <para>The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter the
 <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory -- the same