mkdir: build: File exists (os error 17)

[cedws]

Reporter info

NAME="Ubuntu"
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Issue/Bug Description
On the distinst branch, I have executed deps.sh and then make to begin the build. The process will run, but fails after a while with:

mkdir -p "build/pop-os/18.04/iso"
mkdir: build: File exists (os error 17)
mkdir: build/pop-os: File exists (os error 17)
mkdir: build/pop-os/18.04: File exists (os error 17)
mk/iso.mk:2: recipe for target 'build/pop-os/18.04/iso_create.tag' failed
make: *** [build/pop-os/18.04/iso_create.tag] Error 1

Expected behavior
The ISO should finish building and be available in the build directory.

Other Notes
make clean and make distclean don't seem to delete the build directory. Regardless, I ran git clean -f -d -x prior to make and ensured that it was removed. The issue I opened before this one (#207) is unrelated and has been resolved.

Thanks!

[cedws]

Resolved. A recent discovery showed that this is being caused by the Rust coreutils, which I didn't even consider. This has actually been the root of several issues I've opened across GitHub... may this be a lesson to never go fully oxidised!