2.4.1 bug in mkdir(2)

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mkdir("file", 02750) does not create a file with the set group id bit
set. chmod("file", 02750) does. Further more, mkdir(2) violates its
man page specification by not creating set-gid directories if the
parent directory has this bit set.

I suspect these are related.

Cheers,
Mike.

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