merged with apt--mvo

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.cc b/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.cc
index d6da802fe..062c06fa4 100644
--- a/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.cc
+++ b/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.cc
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ bool ExtractTar::StartGzip()
       
       const char *Args[3];
       string confvar = string("dir::bin::") + DecompressProg;
-      Args[0] = _config->Find(confvar.c_str(),DecompressProg.c_str()).c_str();
+      string argv0 = _config->Find(confvar.c_str(),DecompressProg.c_str());
+      Args[0] = argv0.c_str();
       Args[1] = "-d";
       Args[2] = 0;
       execvp(Args[0],(char **)Args);
diff --git a/apt-inst/deb/dpkgdb.cc b/apt-inst/deb/dpkgdb.cc
index c6a0e80e6..718e1ab98 100644
--- a/apt-inst/deb/dpkgdb.cc
+++ b/apt-inst/deb/dpkgdb.cc
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ bool debDpkgDB::ReadyFileList(OpProgress &Progress)
       return _error->Error(_("The pkg cache must be initialized first"));
    if (FList != 0)
    {
-      Progress.OverallProgress(1,1,1,_("Reading file list"));
+      Progress.OverallProgress(1,1,1,_("Reading file listing"));
       return true;
    }
    
diff --git a/apt-inst/dirstream.cc b/apt-inst/dirstream.cc
index 7ae93c9b0..898ede31b 100644
--- a/apt-inst/dirstream.cc
+++ b/apt-inst/dirstream.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ bool pkgDirStream::DoItem(Item &Itm,int &Fd)
       case Item::CharDevice:
       case Item::BlockDevice:
       case Item::Directory:
+      {
+	 struct stat Buf;
+	 // check if the dir is already there, if so return true
+	 if (stat(Itm.Name,&Buf) == 0)
+	 {
+	    if(S_ISDIR(Buf.st_mode))
+	       return true;
+	    // something else is there already, return false
+	    return false;
+	 }
+	 // nothing here, create the dir
+	 if(mkdir(Itm.Name,Itm.Mode) < 0)
+	    return false;
+	 return true;
+	 break;
+      }
       case Item::FIFO:
       break;
    }