Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752270AbcDRPFn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:05:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f51.google.com ([74.125.82.51]:35004 "EHLO mail-wm0-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751669AbcDRPFl (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:05:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:05:35 +0200 From: Thierry Reding To: Michal Marek Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools: Use builtin $(abspath ...) instead of $(shell cd ... && pwd) Message-ID: <20160418150535.GA22979@ulmo.ba.sec> References: <1460106959-6684-1-git-send-email-thierry.reding@gmail.com> <5714F35D.5050603@suse.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5714F35D.5050603@suse.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1816 Lines: 48 --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: > On 2016-04-08 11:15, Thierry Reding wrote: > > From: Thierry Reding > >=20 > > Avoid forking off a shell to resolve the absolute path of the output > > directory when make's builtin $(abspath ...) function will do an > > adequate job. >=20 > The abspath function is not available in make 3.80. Do we really support make 3.80? It was released in 2002 and 3.81 followed in April 2006. That makes it a decade old now. I'd be surprised if anyone was still using it to build recent kernels. Is there a formal process for increasing the dependencies listed in Documentation/Changes? Should I simply make that change as part of this patch? Do we need broad approval? Thierry --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAABCAAGBQJXFPe9AAoJEN0jrNd/PrOhWikQAJs5WCGjSbMECE21vnrbXjkl /IxbObcPfGsNshlZq6/osk/bswKXdUVPTNmETVvYrs8A4dGfTtlcfTDXJPmGworB 7BOF4fgSNbiAOTGx6TKPFeWLzwLH09VYgSe9NyAx+TqNpTDwX7aQLCBCgtlmU3kp Aj5NfJBOpDKRTsXLFwvDf/0xkHmbEhym0G3Vdwq/YHkymLea4glvQ5t0R9Kd74yb lK+PeX8BaCpmDYF7vp6/sJfcznJEtPsZ3A+Hh8+llfL3gFpwLTmCzH3Ss1G8YZPs vNbf5cvjRNFZxglRn/qAmSs7KCaPws0m3Ewg4jpbWv3MDmGGU5Mqt1lwDCmATMii HcXQQkcgxY/CuQuq7wPy0Z5l9YM+UVGdehq4xzizxx87xSZUOAH4mhgwZyOczyen llPQH3H0HQsP5kDr0PthaI+FXOa4ejhfW/LC1tTGKG/5p69VRrYf49poDqNN0S8L HuVU3HYtS4DWXilXxabmBadjHHY89zxZfSCQwS/oL3uDsCYiNrUxg6Pc11Eul10J 1+HOXHcrPZqZyWa5nXkaZ8x9qjc+sqi17tnHB02DnjnQdN41I/Hgo1ZGBpvtnnWK faxdUwcp2CkP55hT8PEYKi/mJ264/3ZC/ctWR4PUYofoC6RXbU+ANzAc61y9C5lp yGzCK5ElSFasFSUtPzS8 =jpRc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH--