Makefile: create BINDIR before installing

[BenjaminDEMAILLE]

make install fails when $(PREFIX)/bin does not exist yet, because install does not create the destination directory:

install fastp /path/to/prefix/bin/fastp
install: /path/to/prefix/bin/fastp: No such file or directory

This shows up in any staged install into a fresh prefix (distro/Homebrew packaging, DESTDIR-style installs, containers), where packagers currently have to mkdir -p the bin directory themselves before calling make install.

Adding mkdir -p $(BINDIR) to the install target fixes it and is a no-op when the directory already exists.

Same patch sent to fastplong: OpenGene/fastplong#44

Tested: make install PREFIX=/tmp/fresh-prefix now succeeds where it previously failed.

[BenjaminDEMAILLE]

Thanks for merging.

Any rough timeline for the next tagged release? fastp in Homebrew builds from the release tarball, so until the fix is in a tag the formula keeps a mkdir prefix/"bin" line before make install (see Formula/f/fastp.rb). Once a release carries it, that line can be dropped on the next version bump.

Latest tag is v1.3.6 (2026-06-29) and the fix landed on master on 2026-09-01, so I wanted to ask rather than assume.

[sfchen]

I will tag a new release very soon

[BenjaminDEMAILLE]

Thanks !! is it possible to do a release for fastplong for the same thing ?

[sfchen]

Thanks !! is it possible to do a release for fastplong for the same thing ?

Yes, done.