[Distutils] BUG: distutils 0.9 bdist_rpm - missing subdirectory

[Joe Van Andel]

Using distutils 0.9 (downloaded 7/10/00 from python.org), on Redhat 6.1,
I'm trying to build an RPM.  

distutils fails to write 
/nexrad/6/code/rdss/spol/perp/build/bdist.linux2/rpm/RPMS/i386/Perp-0.5-1.i386.rpm

because the i386 subdirectory of RPMS 
/nexrad/6/code/rdss/spol/perp/build/bdist.linux2/rpm/RPMS/i386

does not exist.

If I manually create 'RPMS/i386', the binary RPM gets built fine.

Aside from this glitch - this is great progress, since I've never
learned how to build RPMS before, and now distutils has done it for me. 
Very nice!

(Thanks,  Harry Henry Gebel!)


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Joe VanAndel  	          
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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