Github user srdo commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2734#discussion_r197652839
--- Diff: storm-server/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/LocalCluster.java ---
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ private LocalCluster(Builder builder) throws Exception {
this.tmpDirs.add(nimbusTmp);
stormHomeBackup = System.getProperty(ConfigUtils.STORM_HOME);
TmpPath stormHome = new TmpPath();
+ if (!stormHome.getFile().mkdirs()) {
--- End diff --
Moved to https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2736
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