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

[Thierry Reding]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:17:26PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Thierry Reding wrote:
> 
> > > > 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?
> 
>  Hmm, what problem are you trying to solve here?  Your proposal looks to 
> me like a gratuitous requirement for users to upgrade their tool (its age 
> doesn't matter), which is often a burden and in any case requires extra 
> time which could be used for something else.  Don't fix what ain't broke!

Fine.

Thierry

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