Fix bug with cache's parent directory not existing (#4988)
By changing the function used to create the cache from ``os.mkdir``
to ``os.makedirs`` we now handle non-existing parent directories
correctly.
This closes #4900
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c16702c..0ab7ee6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
Closes #4901
+* Fix a bug where pylint complained if the cache's parent directory does not exist
+
+ Closes #4900
+
What's New in Pylint 2.10.3?
============================
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.11.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.11.rst
index 6a9ed66..8dfcbf6 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.11.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.11.rst
@@ -75,3 +75,7 @@
* Setting ``min-similarity-lines`` to 0 now makes the similarty checker stop checking for duplicate code
Closes #4901
+
+* Fix a bug where pylint complained if the cache's parent directory does not exist
+
+ Closes #4900
diff --git a/pylint/config/__init__.py b/pylint/config/__init__.py
index a3e5381..f923a63 100644
--- a/pylint/config/__init__.py
+++ b/pylint/config/__init__.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
def save_results(results, base):
if not os.path.exists(PYLINT_HOME):
try:
- os.mkdir(PYLINT_HOME)
+ os.makedirs(PYLINT_HOME)
except OSError:
print(f"Unable to create directory {PYLINT_HOME}", file=sys.stderr)
data_file = _get_pdata_path(base, 1)
