VERSION = 4
PATCHLEVEL = 14
SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc2
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc3
NAME = Fearless Coyote
# *DOCUMENTATION*
ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
# check that the output directory actually exists
saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
-$(shell [ -d $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) ] || mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT))
-KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(realpath $(KBUILD_OUTPUT))
+KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
+ && /bin/pwd)
$(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \
$(error failed to create output directory "$(saved-output)"))