From 088e34bd419efc3a243f0e5b317f4e11f9b2fbae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jaimergp <jaimergp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 14:26:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Ensure output_dir always exists

---
 constructor/main.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/constructor/main.py b/constructor/main.py
index 2f724bafd..0df347051 100644
--- a/constructor/main.py
+++ b/constructor/main.py
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ 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':

From ba806911b18795e671a4b4ec53a640ddd31da437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jaimergp <jaimergp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 14:27:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add news

---
 news/891-output-dir | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news/891-output-dir

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>