From 7d728822f0a5073077e6980c10377955f62a29fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John W. Parent" <45471568+johnwparent@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:18:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Windows: fix error with can_symlink check (#42753)

---
 lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py
index 229f3f8115f..ec45787a966 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ def _windows_can_symlink() -> bool:
     import llnl.util.filesystem as fs
 
     fs.touchp(fpath)
+    fs.mkdirp(dpath)
 
     try:
         os.symlink(dpath, dlink)