#!@SHELL@
-# $Id: run_tic.in,v 1.30 2011/02/21 01:05:37 tom Exp $
+# $Id: run_tic.in,v 1.32 2011/02/23 23:30:15 tom Exp $
##############################################################################
# Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. #
# #
# Construct the name of the old (obsolete) pathname, e.g., /usr/lib/terminfo.
TICDIR=`echo $TERMINFO | sed -e 's%/share/\([^/]*\)$%/lib/\1%'`
+# Parent directory may not exist, which would confuse the install for hashed
+# database. Fix.
+PARENT=`echo "$TERMINFO" | sed -e 's%/[^/]*$%%'`
+if test -n "$PARENT"
+then
+ test -d $PARENT || mkdir -p $PARENT
+fi
+
# Remove the old terminfo stuff; we don't care if it existed before, and it
# would generate a lot of confusing error messages if we tried to overwrite it.
# We explicitly remove its contents rather than the directory itself, in case