https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86910
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Assignee|unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org |redi at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone|--- |8.3 --- Comment #8 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The proposed new direction is: In case mkdir() fails because p already exists, if p resolves to an existing directory, no error is reported, otherwise an error is reported. And consistently for create_directory and create_directories, of course.