* "ensureDir" -> "mkdir -p". "ensureDir" is a rather pointless

function, so obsolete it.

svn path=/nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/; revision=31644

pkgs/tools/system/bootchart/default.nix

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
-    ensureDir $out/sbin $out/etc
+    mkdir -p $out/sbin $out/etc
     cp script/bootchartd $out/sbin
     cp script/bootchartd.conf $out/etc
     chmod +x $out/sbin/bootchartd

pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     echo '#define _PATH_SENDMAIL "${sendmailPath}"' >> pathnames.h
   '';
 
-  preInstall = "ensureDir $out/bin $out/sbin $out/share/man/man1 $out/share/man/man5 $out/share/man/man8";
+  preInstall = "mkdir -p $out/bin $out/sbin $out/share/man/man1 $out/share/man/man5 $out/share/man/man8";
   
   meta = {
     description = "Vixie Cron, a daemon for running commands at specific times";

pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rec {
   fixPaths = a.doPatchShebangs ''$out/bin'';
 
   install_dd_rhelp = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    ensureDir "$out/share/dd_rescue" "$out/bin"
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/dd_rescue" "$out/bin"
     tar xf "${dd_rhelp_src}" -C "$out/share/dd_rescue"
     cp "$out/share/dd_rescue"/dd_rhelp*/dd_rhelp "$out/bin"
   '') ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"];

pkgs/tools/system/gptfdisk/default.nix

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libuuid popt icu ncurses ];
 
   installPhase = ''
-    ensureDir $out/sbin
-    ensureDir $out/share/man/man8
+    mkdir -p $out/sbin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man8
     install -v -m755 gdisk sgdisk fixparts $out/sbin
     install -v -m644 gdisk.8 sgdisk.8 fixparts.8 \
         $out/share/man/man8

pkgs/tools/system/plan9port/builder.sh

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ popd
 
 # Installation
 export PLAN9=$out
-ensureDir $PLAN9
+mkdir -p $PLAN9
 GLOBIGNORE='src:.*'
 cp -R * $PLAN9
 GLOBIGNORE=