Error in build.js/copystatic() ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '.../nodejs.org/build/static/event-geo.json'

[justsml]

After I switched to nodejs v5.0, running a clean build no longer worked.
It doesn't seem to be creating the directories before the fs.mkdir callback(s)??

It's a build script, so hopefully a synchronous fix isn't the worst...

[phillipj]

Strange, not able to reproduce this issue on my machine. What's your OS/version?

[stevemao]

If this was a problem then there might be some issue in the core.

[justsml]

I'm on linux mint debian edition v2.
It works on my ubuntu 15.
On my fresh fedora install it works only the 2nd attempt.
I'm migrating to a new HDD tonight, I'll see if that fixes it...

[lpinca]

@phillipj @stevemao I'm able to reproduce this and please note that we are on the events branch.

[phillipj]

If this was a problem then there might be some issue in the core.

Agreed, which probably should be reported.

I wouldn't mind replacing two levels of callbacks with sync here, as it's simpler to grasp and doesn't really matter for performance reasons as @justsml mentioned.

Trying to build with these changes results in an error for me though...

$ npm start

> [email protected] start /nodejs.org
> npm run serve


> [email protected] serve /nodejs.org
> node build.js serve

fs.js:842
  return binding.mkdir(pathModule._makeLong(path),
                 ^

Error: EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir '/nodejs.org/build'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:842:18)
    at copystatic (/nodejs.org/build.js:175:6)
...

[stevemao]

The problem here is not sync or performance. It's why it fails.

[bnb]

I've started using metalsmith, and got this same error. No idea why it worked, but deleting the existing /build directory solved it.

[mikeal]

could you re-target to master now that the branch is merged

[mikeal]

I pushed a hotfix for this just pushing the geo create to before the timer end.