[Bug 1239416] Re: Alien fails to create deb if directory already exists

[Michal Grňo]

Changing to `mkdir -p` won't help if files were already created.
To fix this issue, insert this line before `mkdir`:
	$this->do("rm -rf $workdir");

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Title:
  Alien fails to create deb if directory already exists

Status in alien package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  1) alien -i any-rpm-file.rpm
  2) ctrl+ c to cancel (for example: oh no! I wanted to use --to-deb instead)
  3) alien -i any-rpm-file.rmp
  4) mkdir: cannot create directory ‘oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-12.1.0.1.0’: File exists

  Files affected:
  /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package.pm line 257.
  /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Deb.pm line 299

  Solution:

  Replace mkdir with mkdir -p

   -p, --parents
                no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

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