Bug 10986

Summary:	1.7 Setup fails to automatically create the local package directory that the user specifies
Product:	cygwin	Reporter:	Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4>
Component:	setup.exe	Assignee:	cygwin-apps <cygwin-apps>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P2
Version:	1.7.0
Target Milestone:	---
Host:		Target:
Build:		Last reconfirmed:

Description Jason Spiro 2009-11-19 07:23:32 UTC

Quoting Mark J. Reed at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/111151 :

% On "Cygwin Setup - Select Local Package Directory", it says "The
% directory will be created if it does not already exist."  But if I
% type in the name of a new folder (whose parent folder exists), and I
% get this error message:
%
% Could not change dir to [...full path...]: The system cannot find the
% file specified. [00000002]
% [Abort][Retry][Ignore]

This is a regression.  It would be good if 1.7 Setup would automatically create
the local package directory that the user specifies, even if it did not already
exist.  1.5 Setup does it, so it would be good if 1.7 Setup could too.

Comment 1 Jason Spiro 2009-11-19 07:27:57 UTC

I, too, experience the behavior Mark reported.  I am using Setup 2.649.

Comment 2 Christopher Faylor 2009-11-19 16:05:03 UTC

Fixed by Dave Korn/Corinna Vinschen.