···10351035# we compile into subdirectories. if the target directory is not the source directory, they might not exists. So10361036# we depend the various files onto their directories.10371037DIRECTORY_DEPS = $(LIB_OBJS) $(BUILTIN_OBJS) $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h10381038-$(DIRECTORY_DEPS): $(sort $(dir $(DIRECTORY_DEPS)))10381038+$(DIRECTORY_DEPS): | $(sort $(dir $(DIRECTORY_DEPS)))10391039# In the second step, we make a rule to actually create these directories10401040$(sort $(dir $(DIRECTORY_DEPS))):10411041 $(QUIET_MKDIR)$(MKDIR) -p $@ 2>/dev/null