[Bug 36861] New: wineboot fails if a parent dir of the prefix doesn't exist yet

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36861

Bug ID: 36861
           Summary: wineboot fails if a parent dir of the prefix doesn't
                    exist yet
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: build-env
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]

While the rest of wine programs fail after this, if you use winetricks on a
script where this happens, winetricks creates the full path and prefix for you,
and subsequent commands start working, totally misconfigurated of course.

I also find it a bit strange, principle of least astonishment wise, that any
wine script must start with basically:
#!/bin/bash

export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/Risen
mkdir -p "$WINEPREFIX"
wineboot -i  (this was added before i found the real problem, and it's
unnecessary)

[Bug 36861] wineboot fails if a parent dir of the prefix doesn't exist yet

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36861

Alexandre Julliard  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
In general Unix programs don't create intermediate directories.

[Bug 36861] wineboot fails if a parent dir of the prefix doesn't exist yet

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36861

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #2 from Austin English  ---
Closing.