diff --git a/project/Makefile.in b/project/Makefile.in index 6aa1d43e92..cc1043ba19 100644 --- a/project/Makefile.in +++ b/project/Makefile.in @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ ifdef O ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line") BASE_DIR := $(shell mkdir -p $(O) && cd $(O) && pwd) $(if $(BASE_DIR),, $(error output directory "$(O)" does not exist)) + +# other packages might also support Linux-style out of tree builds +# with the O=