[PATCH] Makefile patch to create KBUILD_OUPUT if it doesn't exist

[PATCH] Makefile patch to create KBUILD_OUPUT if it doesn't exist

[Brian Jackson]

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It was probably intentional to not have the Makefile automagically create 
KBUILD_OUPUT if it doesn't exist, but just in case, here's a patch which 
makes it do just that. I'd appreciate feedback either way just so I know if 
it's actually getting looked at or if it got lost somewhere along the way.

- --Brian Jackson

- --- Makefile.orig	2004-03-31 16:21:48.254691909 -0600
+++ Makefile	2004-03-31 16:34:27.507098249 -0600
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
 # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
 # check that the output directory actually exists
+$(if $(wildcard $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)),, \
+     $(shell mkdir -p ${KBUILD_OUTPUT}))
 saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
 KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd)
- -$(if $(wildcard $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)),, \
- -     $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist))
 
 .PHONY: $(MAKECMDGOALS)
 

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Re: [PATCH] Makefile patch to create KBUILD_OUPUT if it doesn't exist

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 04:47:35PM -0600, Brian Jackson wrote:
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> It was probably intentional to not have the Makefile automagically create 
> KBUILD_OUPUT if it doesn't exist, but just in case, here's a patch which 
> makes it do just that.

It was not done so typing errors do not start creating a lot of directories.
but it is also tiresome to type:
mkdir ~/b
make O=~/b ...

Could you make kbuild print out the created directory in kbuild format:
CRDIR   dir/which/is/created

	Sam