[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux: ensure images/ exist before creatign files there

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> writes:

 > When using an initramfs, on the first-pass build, we create a dummy cpio
 > so that the build succeeeds. The real cpio will come later, and we'll do
 > a second-pass build to use the actual cpio.

 > However, when we touch that dummy cpio, the images/ directory may not
 > yet exist, since commit d0f4f95e39 (Makefile: rework main directory
 > creation logic) removed its creation at the begining of the build, to
 > only at the moment we need it, i.e. during the *_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
 > steps.

 > However, the linux build is not a _INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS step, so there is
 > no guarantee that images/ already exist at that time.

 > Fix that by explicitly creating images/ before touching the dummy cpio.

 > Reported-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
 > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
 > Cc: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
 > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>

Committed to 2018.02.x, 2018.08.x and 2018.11.x, thanks.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard