Prompt to create local package directory if it doesn't exist?

[Borsenkow Andrej]

> 
> Most install programs, when the user enters an "install directory"
that
> does
> not exist, present a prompt to the user asking if they want to create
that
> directory.  The Cygwin setup does that too.  However, it doesn't do
that
> for
> the "local package directory".  If the local package directory doesn't
> exist, it just reports an error.  Is there a good reason why it works
this
> way?  I can see the possibility that someone might want to install
Cygwin
> in, say, "c:/cygwin", but set the local package directory to
> "c:/cygwin/install".  If you want to do that, you have to precreate
the
> directory.
> 
I wrote local package directory patch and I did not need it at this
moment. Sorry if I overlooked it. You are welcome to extend it.

-andrej

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