Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752349Ab2HMNU6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:20:58 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:24855 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751630Ab2HMNU5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:20:57 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=ZuBv2qHG c=1 sm=0 a=s5Htg7xnQOKvHEu9STBOug==:17 a=OpT9cpI26MMA:10 a=cAb9eJqnuzwA:10 a=5SG0PmZfjMsA:10 a=Q9fys5e9bTEA:10 a=meVymXHHAAAA:8 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=BBA8QeeZVDejlJKZE6gA:9 a=PUjeQqilurYA:10 a=jeBq3FmKZ4MA:10 a=s5Htg7xnQOKvHEu9STBOug==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 72.230.195.127 Message-ID: <1344864055.6935.117.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> Subject: [PATCH] perf: Let O= makes handle relative paths From: Steven Rostedt To: LKML Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , "borislav.petkov" , Ingo Molnar , Namhyung Kim Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:20:55 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.3-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1248 Lines: 36 When I did a compile of perf using a relative path for the output directory, the build failed when it tried to compile libtraceevent. This is because it continues to use the same relative path when the new working directory is in a different path. SUBDIR ../lib/traceevent/ /bin/sh: line 0: cd: ../../../nobackup/perf/: No such file or directory Makefile:74: *** output directory "../../../nobackup/perf/" does not exist. Stop. make: *** [../../../nobackup/perf///libtraceevent.a] Error 2 Make the path used an absolute path when building perf with O=. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include index bde8521..9e3e31e 100644 --- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include +++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line") - OUTPUT := $(O)/ - COMMAND_O := O=$(O) + RAW_O := $(shell cd $(O) ; pwd) + OUTPUT := $(RAW_O)/ + COMMAND_O := O=$(RAW_O) endif ifneq ($(OUTPUT),) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/