[Bug #829532] Invoking os.makedirs() with an argument that contains a
directory name with a single dot fails. The patch skips creating
directories named os.curdir. (Patch by Bram Moolenaar)
2.3 bugfix candidate.
diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 128351e..8cec912 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@
head, tail = path.split(head)
if head and tail and not path.exists(head):
makedirs(head, mode)
+ if tail == curdir: # xxx/newdir/. exists if xxx/newdir exists
+ return
mkdir(name, mode)
def removedirs(name):