id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	lang	patch	platform
458	config/gen/makefiles.pm fails unless languages directory exists	doughera		"Now that all the languages are gone, and the languages/ directory is empty, the release tarball won't contain a languages/ directory.  config/gen/makefiles.pm assumes there is such a directory, and tries to create languages/Makefile without first creating the languages/ directory.

I can think of three possible solutions:  
1.  config/gen/makefiles.pm should simply mkdir(""languages"", 0777). 
2.  lib/Parrot/Configure/Compiler.pm could do a splitpath() and then create the $directory if necessary.
3.  The 'make release' step could include creating an empty languages directory.

I personally like #1 and have attached a simple patch."	patch	closed	critical		configure		fatal	fixed