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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/database.py4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/database.py b/lib/spack/spack/database.py
index 1b10965a42..fc791595d6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/database.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/database.py
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ class Database(object):
self.prefix_fail_path = os.path.join(self._db_dir, 'prefix_failures')
# Create needed directories and files
- if not os.path.exists(self._db_dir):
+ if not is_upstream and not os.path.exists(self._db_dir):
fs.mkdirp(self._db_dir)
- if not os.path.exists(self._failure_dir) and not is_upstream:
+ if not is_upstream and not os.path.exists(self._failure_dir):
fs.mkdirp(self._failure_dir)
self.is_upstream = is_upstream