+# for building out-of-tree we need to make sure that the directories to hold
+# the object tree are created
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, blkid e2fsck e2p ext2fs uuid):
+ @mkdir -p "$@"
+
+# make sure that the directories are order-only prerequisites. Otherwise we
+# may have object files created after the timestamp of the directory was
+# updated which would lead to spurious rebuilds (as some of the dentries
+# may be older than the dir itself).
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(BLKID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/blkid
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2FSCK_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2fsck
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2P_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2p
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(EXT2FS_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/ext2fs
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(UUID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/uuid
+
+E2FSPROGS-y:=