Re: [PATCH] perf: Let O= makes handle relative paths

Borislav Petkov
2012-08-15T10:27:35Z

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 03:02:49PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> [acme@sandy linux]$ rm -rf ../build/perf
> [acme@sandy linux]$ make -j8 -C tools/perf/ LIBUNWIND_DIR=/opt/libunwind O=/home/acme/git/build/perf install
> /bin/sh: line 0: cd: /home/acme/git/build/perf: No such file or directory
> make: Entering directory `/home/git/linux/tools/perf'
> GEN perf-archive
> GEN /home/git/linux/tools/perf/python/perf.so
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/git/linux/tools/lib/traceevent'
> make[2]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1. Add `+' to parent make rule.
> * new build flags or cross compiler
> CC /home/git/linux/tools/perf/perf.o
> CC /home/git/linux/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.o
> CC /home/git/linux/tools/perf/builtin-bench.o
> CC /home/git/linux/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.o
> CC /home/git/linux/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.o
>
> I.e. it should stop if the O= provided directory is not there.

Why stop? Don't we want to make the directory instead and continue
building in there?

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