At 02:39 AM 5/7/02, you wrote:

> > /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14mdk/include/asm/processor.h:73: parse error
>before
> > `0657d037'
>
>make mrproper (or distclean) before configuring;
>
>search list and newsgroup and WEB and whatever; I am not going to post
>the same instructions over and over again.
>
>-andrej

Andrej,

Why doesn't Mandrake ship "clean" kernel source?  By clean, I mean running 
"make mrproper" before building the src.rpm.

This would avoid the user's having to run the unexpected command, i.e. the 
"make mrproper".  In turn, that would reduce the number of queries to the 
MandrakeCooker and MandrakeExper mailing lists.

Also, the kernel build process changes all the .depend files in the kernel 
tree.  This is seen by msec, which generates error messages for each of the 
.depend files because they no longer match what was in 
kernel-source.src.rpm.  Using "make mrproper" before building the src.rpm 
would remove a significant number of messages.

David


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