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-rw-r--r--locale/programs/localedef.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/locale/programs/localedef.c b/locale/programs/localedef.c
index ba8572e9e5..37b52b08c6 100644
--- a/locale/programs/localedef.c
+++ b/locale/programs/localedef.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ construct_output_path (char *path)
 
   errno = 0;
 
-  if (euidaccess (result, W_OK) == -1)
+  if (no_archive && euidaccess (result, W_OK) == -1)
     /* Perhaps the directory does not exist now.  Try to create it.  */
     if (errno == ENOENT)
       {