$(mkinstalldirs) works like 'mkdir -p' in that it will create all the necessary parts of the path leading up to the actual directory, which means creating $(examplesdir) beforehand is not necessary. Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@xxxxxxxxxx> --- examples/Makefile.am | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am index f2fef7df59..8c7f4a3d64 100644 --- a/examples/Makefile.am +++ b/examples/Makefile.am @@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ endif WITH_NWFILTER examplesdir = $(docdir)/examples install-data-local: $(INSTALL_DATA_LOCAL) - $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(examplesdir) for p in $(EXAMPLES); do \ d=$$(dirname $$p); \ $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(examplesdir)/$$d; \ -- 2.21.0 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list