Fix for `spack stage` command not extracting packages in custom paths (#30448)

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
index 8903cb83e5..7527e60248 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
 
 
 def stage(parser, args):
-    # We temporarily modify the working directory when setting up a stage, so we need to
-    # convert this to an absolute path here in order for it to remain valid later.
-    custom_path = os.path.abspath(args.path) if args.path else None
-    if custom_path:
-        spack.stage.create_stage_root(custom_path)
-
     if not args.specs:
         env = ev.active_environment()
         if env:
@@ -54,6 +48,10 @@ def stage(parser, args):
 
     specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.specs, concretize=False)
 
+    # We temporarily modify the working directory when setting up a stage, so we need to
+    # convert this to an absolute path here in order for it to remain valid later.
+    custom_path = os.path.abspath(args.path) if args.path else None
+
     # prevent multiple specs from extracting in the same folder
     if len(specs) > 1 and custom_path:
         tty.die("`--path` requires a single spec, but multiple were provided")
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py
index bf590b0ea6..7b5dafa64e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ def check_stage_path(monkeypatch, tmpdir):
 
     def fake_stage(pkg, mirror_only=False):
         assert pkg.path == expected_path
-        assert os.path.isdir(expected_path), expected_path
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(spack.package.PackageBase, 'do_stage', fake_stage)