[m-dev.] trivial diff: buxfix for the security fix.

[Fergus Henderson]

On 30-Mar-1998, Tyson Dowd <trd at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> scripts/mmake.in:
> 	Bugfix for previous change, mmake wasn't working on murlibobo.
> 	"if ! mkdir... " seems to be a bash-ism.  Use mkdir ...., then
> 	check $? instead.

I wondered about that when I reviewed the change, so I tried it out
on a couple of machines -- but not Alphas.

As a minor stylistic point I think

	if mkdir ... then
		true
	else
		...
	fi
	...

would be very slightly nicer than using $? and case.

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