how to prevent “directory already exists error” in a makefile when using mkdir

Question

I need to generate a directory in my makefile and I would like to not get the \"directory already exists error\" over and over even though I can easily ignore it.

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Answer 1

$(OBJDIR):
    mkdir $@

Which also works for multiple directories, e.g..

OBJDIRS := $(sort $(dir $(OBJECTS)))

$(OBJDIRS):
    mkdir $@

Adding $(OBJDIR) as the first target works well.