MDIS installation fails the first time

MDIS artifacts installation always fails the first time due to folder /etc/mdis is not created so the mdis_manifest.mnf file cannot be "truncated" in target "makemanifest" described in rules.mak file.

The error:

user@host:~/test$ sudo make install
MDIS is not installed in the system
/opt/menlinux/BUILD/MDIS/TPL/rules.mak:309: *** open: /etc/mdis/mdis_manifest.mnf: No such file or directory.  Stop.