gnu/packages/patches/maxima-defsystem-mkdir.patch

   1 Change 'ensure-directories-exist' to look for 'mkdir' in $PATH, not in /bin.
   2
   3 --- maxima-5.36.1/lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp.orig        2014-11-22 16:21:30.000000000 -0500
   4 +++ maxima-5.36.1/lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp     2015-05-25 21:53:31.223648483 -0400
   5 @@ -4627,7 +4627,7 @@
   6          (cmd (if (member :win32 *features*)
   7                   (format nil "mkdir \"~a\""
   8                           (coerce (subst #\\ #\/ (coerce (namestring dir) 'list)) 'string))
   9 -                 (format nil "/bin/mkdir -p ~S" (namestring dir)))))
  10 +                 (format nil "mkdir -p ~S" (namestring dir)))))
  11     (unless (directory dir)
  12       (lisp:system cmd))
  13     ;; The second return value is supposed to be T if directories were