Bug 15937 - Terminate release builds if output directory already exists
Summary: Terminate release builds if output directory already exists
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: AutoBuilder
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: autobuilder (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 6.1 M1
Assignee: Yoann Congal
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Reported: 2025-07-23 15:21 UTC by Steve Sakoman
Modified: 2026-06-18 15:36 UTC (History)
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Description Steve Sakoman 2025-07-23 15:21:39 UTC 
We've had a couple of occasions where release builds were mistakenly re-built, which messes up the test reports for the release.

Prevent this by terminating the build with an error if the output directory already exists.