On Friday 16 August 2002 01:09, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > > On Thursday 15 Aug 2002 22:58, andre wrote: > >> > >>Maybe adding a README.MANDRAKE in /usr/src/linux would be a smart idea. > >>I know it has been suggested before and will be suggested later but i > >>think it will stop this question being asked every month or so on this > >>mailing list > > Probably not. From /usr/src/linux/README,L90-L93: > > - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around: > > cd linux > make mrproper
have not noticed that before but the make mrproper is a bit of a Mandrake special. You have to do it or the kernel compile will barf IIRC at the make modules. With other distributions it will work so i would make it somewhat more clear that a make mrproper is absolutely needed
