--- Makefile.in.orig	Tue Dec  7 04:43:34 1999
+++ Makefile.in	Sun Dec 12 09:45:47 1999
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@
 distcheck: dist
 	-rm -rf $(distdir)
 	GZIP=$(GZIP) $(TAR) zxf $(distdir).tar.gz
-	mkdir $(distdir)/=build
-	mkdir $(distdir)/=inst
+	mkdir -p $(distdir)/=build
+	mkdir -p $(distdir)/=inst
 	dc_install_base=`cd $(distdir)/=inst && pwd`; \
 	cd $(distdir)/=build \
 	  && ../configure --with-included-gettext --srcdir=.. --prefix=$$dc_install_base \
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 	-rm -rf $(distdir)
 distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	-rm -rf $(distdir)
-	mkdir $(distdir)
+	mkdir -p $(distdir)
 	-chmod 777 $(distdir)
 	here=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`; \
 	top_distdir=`cd $(distdir) && pwd`; \
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 	done
 	for subdir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
 	  test -d $(distdir)/$$subdir \
-	  || mkdir $(distdir)/$$subdir \
+	  || mkdir -p $(distdir)/$$subdir \
 	  || exit 1; \
 	  chmod 777 $(distdir)/$$subdir; \
 	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) top_distdir=../$(distdir) distdir=../$(distdir)/$$subdir distdir) \
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@
 
 install-pkgdataDATA:
 	rm -rf $(pkgdatadir)
-	mkdir $(pkgdatadir)
-	mkdir $(pkgdatadir)/extra
+	mkdir -p $(pkgdatadir)
+	mkdir -p $(pkgdatadir)/extra
 	cp -p $(pkgdata_DATA) $(pkgdatadir)/extra
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
