[issue19930] os.makedirs('dir1/dir2', 0) always fails

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

> The obvious but more complicated alternative would be to call chmod() on all the new directories in a second step.

This is dangerous, because if you create read-only or unlistable directory, you couldn't remove it without changing the permission of parent directory. shutil.rmtree() would fail.

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