use xargs not to use backquote shell execution

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10e5c33..43ad3e8 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SHAR = shar
 PERL = perl
 RM = rm -rf
 VERSION = 2.1.5
-MKDIR = $(shell if mkdir -p `pwd` 2>/dev/null; then echo "mkdir -p"; else echo "mkdir"; fi)
+MKDIR = $(shell if pwd | xargs mkdir 2>/dev/null -p ; then echo "mkdir -p"; else echo "mkdir"; fi)
 prefix = /usr/local
 PYTHON2 = python
 PYTHON3 = python