linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools: Use builtin $(abspath ...) instead of $(shell cd ... && pwd)

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:46:53 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools: Use builtin $(abspath ...) instead of $(shell cd
 ... && pwd)

On 2016-04-08 11:15, Thierry Reding wrote:
> From: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
> 
> 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.

The abspath function is not available in make 3.80.

Michal