On 22.10.2011 17:12, Peter Foley wrote: > This patch makes it possible to execute make O=work instead of > mkdir work > make O=work > > Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 2652089..a4769ac 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) > # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables > # check that the output directory actually exists > saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) > -KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd) > +KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd) > $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \ > $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist)) I think it's a good idea, but please also change the comment and error message. The command will now only fail if the directory cannot be created, not if it does not exist. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
