--- /usr/bin/apt-mirror.orig	2012-12-07 15:58:31.111631752 +0000
+++ /usr/bin/apt-mirror	2012-12-07 15:58:53.111631318 +0000
@@ -238,16 +238,6 @@
     print "\nEnd time: " . localtime() . "\n\n";
 }
 
-######################################################################################
-## Create the 3 needed directories if they don't exist yet
-my @needed_directories = (get_variable("mirror_path"), get_variable("skel_path"), get_variable("var_path"));
-foreach my $needed_directory (@needed_directories) {
-    unless (-d $needed_directory) {
-        mkdir($needed_directory) or die("apt-mirror: can't create $needed_directory directory");
-    }
-}
-
-######################################################################################
 ## Parse config
 
 open CONFIG, "<$config_file" or die("apt-mirror: can't open config file ($config_file)");
@@ -298,6 +288,16 @@
 close CONFIG;
 
 die("Please explicitly specify 'defaultarch' in mirror.list") unless get_variable("defaultarch");
+######################################################################################
+## Create the 3 needed directories if they don't exist yet
+my @needed_directories = (get_variable("mirror_path"), get_variable("skel_path"), get_variable("var_path"));
+foreach my $needed_directory (@needed_directories) {
+    unless (-d $needed_directory) {
+        mkdir($needed_directory) or die("apt-mirror: can't create $needed_directory directory");
+    }
+}
+
+######################################################################################
 
 check_lock();