This patch makes it possible to execute make O=/path/to/work instead of mkdir -p /path/to/work make O=/path/to/work Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- V2: update error message Makefile | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index d1ea73f..5855399 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ $(CURDIR)/Makefile Makefile: ; ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables -# check that the output directory actually exists +# check that the output directory exists or can be created 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)) + $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist and cannot be created)) PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) sub-make -- 1.7.8 -- 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
