allow newlines in prereq error messages

[openwrt.git] / include / prereq.mk

diff --git a/include/prereq.mk b/include/prereq.mk
index f0db860..41596dc 100644 (file)
--- a/include/prereq.mk
+++ b/include/prereq.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ define Require
                        echo 'ok.'; \
                else \
                        echo 'failed.'; \
-                       echo -e "$(strip $(2))" >> $(TMP_DIR)/.prereq-error; \
+                       echo -e "$(strip $(2))" | perl -ne 's/\\\s*/\n/g,print' >> $(TMP_DIR)/.prereq-error; \
                fi
 
     check-$(1): FORCE