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

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Message-ID: <20160418150535.GA22979@ulmo.ba.sec>
Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:05:35 +0200
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.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 Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> 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.

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

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