From 6c430859e1d24ecafddb2d4acefc58db26fc89a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jaimergp <jaimergp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 17:58:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure `--output-dir` always exists (#891)

---
 constructor/main.py |  1 +
 news/891-output-dir | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news/891-output-dir

diff --git a/constructor/main.py b/constructor/main.py
index 5f8a95429..79fa8c3ef 100644
--- a/constructor/main.py
+++ b/constructor/main.py
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ def main_build(dir_path, output_dir='.', platform=cc_platform,
     # '_dists': List[Dist]
     # '_urls': List[Tuple[url, md5]]
 
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
     info_dicts = []
     for itype in itypes:
         if itype == 'sh':
diff --git a/news/891-output-dir b/news/891-output-dir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fcc5adc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/891-output-dir
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Do not crash if `--output-dir` doesn't exist. Ensure it does before creating installers. (#772 via #891)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>