* Stardate: 2001-07-21 22:51
* Incoming subspace signal from "Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :
> El Vie 20 Jul 2001 20:59, escribiste:
> > Thank you, that APPEARS to have done it - at least I am presently compiling
> > and it looks like it has gotten past the usual problem spots.
> > What is the difference between "make mrproper" and "make clean"?
> =================
> I believe "make clean" deletes only the ".o" files, while "make mrproper"
> also deletes the ".depend" files.
> �scar.
> =================
> > On Saturday 21 July 2001 12:17 pm, Oscar wrote:
> > > Try this:
> > > -Uninstall the kernel source.
> > > -Reinstall the kernel source.
> > > - Go to the source dir.
> > > - do "make mrproper".
> > > - And then try to compile it with usual commands (make xconfig, make
> > > dep... and so on.)
> > > Salu2,
> > > �scar.
> > >
> > > El Vie 20 Jul 2001 19:17, escribiste:
> > > > I don't understand why i am suddenly unable to build
> > > > kernel-2.4.3-20mdk. Every time I try to build it, the kernel builds but
> > > > the modules crap out on me. If not one module (invariably zatm.o) than
> > > > another when I deactivate any and all ATM support in xconfig, in this
> > > > case I am now unable to build the modules because:
> > [...]
One thing to watch out for is that make mrproper deletes the
'/usr/linux/.config' file, so you have to start from scratch configuring your
kernel. Back this file up before doing 'make mrproper'.
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Best regards, M@X.
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