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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2019-10-06 01:37:56 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2019-10-06 01:38:10 -0700
commitbabc8660d5a7561ed7e99e09aeabffaccfe06d6d (patch)
treef38b1a2a6b60bbf6cef1e55f1a6cab751e925f6d
parent5b9db67786a428164abafe626ab11a2754aad528 (diff)
downloadautoconf-babc8660d5a7561ed7e99e09aeabffaccfe06d6d.tar.gz
Fix terminology typo in mkdir -p check
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_MKDIR_P): Say “race-free”, not “thread-safe”. Problem reported by Reuben Thomas in: https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-autoconf/2019-09/msg00003.html
-rw-r--r--lib/autoconf/programs.m44
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
index cf36ac15..5c73df05 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ AC_SUBST(INSTALL_DATA)dnl
# AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
# ---------------
-# Check whether `mkdir -p' is known to be thread-safe, and fall back to
+# Check whether `mkdir -p' is known to be race-free, and fall back to
# install-sh -d otherwise.
#
# Automake 1.8 used `mkdir -m 0755 -p --' to ensure that directories
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ AN_MAKEVAR([MKDIR_P], [AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])
AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P],
[AC_REQUIRE([AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR_DEFAULT])dnl
AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([install-sh])dnl
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a thread-safe mkdir -p])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a race-free mkdir -p])
if test -z "$MKDIR_P"; then
AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_path_mkdir],
[_AS_PATH_WALK([$PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/opt/sfw/bin],