3 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spec/fixtures/bad_pack-0.1-1.rockspec b/spec/fixtures/bad_pack-0.1-1.rockspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23934244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/bad_pack-0.1-1.rockspec
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+rockspec_format = "3.0"
+package = "bad_pack"
+version = "0.1-1"
+source = {
+   url = "http://localhost:8080/file/busted_project-0.1.tar.gz",
+   dir = "invalid_dir",
+}
+description = {
+   summary = "A project that uses Busted tests",
+}
+build = {
+   type = "builtin",
+   modules = {
+      sum = "sum.lua",
+   }
+}
+test = {
+   type = "busted",
+}
diff --git a/spec/pack_spec.lua b/spec/pack_spec.lua
index 0790c801..55071839 100644
--- a/spec/pack_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/pack_spec.lua
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ describe("luarocks pack #integration", function()
          assert.is_truthy(lfs.attributes("a_rock-1.0-1.src.rock"))
       end)
 
+      it("fails packing a rockspec into a .src.rock dir if doesn't exist", function()
+         local output = run.luarocks("pack " .. testing_paths.fixtures_dir .. "/bad_pack-0.1-1.rockspec")
+         assert.match("Directory invalid_dir not found", output)
+         assert.is_falsy(lfs.attributes("bad_pack-0.1-1.src.rock"))
+      end)
+
       describe("namespaced dependencies", function()
          it("can pack rockspec with namespaced dependencies", function()
             finally(function()
diff --git a/src/luarocks/pack.lua b/src/luarocks/pack.lua
index 34268475..5d70a854 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/pack.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/pack.lua
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ function pack.pack_source_rock(rockspec_file)
    local name_version = rockspec.name .. "-" .. rockspec.version
    local rock_file = fs.absolute_name(name_version .. ".src.rock")
 
-   local source_file, source_dir = fetch.fetch_sources(rockspec, false)
+   local temp_dir, err = fs.make_temp_dir("pack-"..name_version)
+   if not temp_dir then
+      return nil, "Failed creating temporary directory: "..err
+   end
+   util.schedule_function(fs.delete, temp_dir)
+
+   local source_file, source_dir = fetch.fetch_sources(rockspec, true, temp_dir)
    if not source_file then
       return nil, source_dir
    end