-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 17 December 2002 11:42 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > Sascha Noyes wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tuesday 17 December 2002 09:52 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > >>Do you make mrproper as the first step? Move .config out of the way if > >>you want to use it or use /boot/config but mrproper should be the first > >>step. > > > > Sorry but I have no idea what 'make mrproper' is. Do you mean use it > > before 'make xconfig'? > > > > And the '.config' file - should I move that away while using mrproper? Or > > for the whole process? And what is the relationship between .config in > > /usr/src/linux/ and /boot/config. > > > > Thanks, > > Sascha > > You could do a search at www.groups.google.com to get an overview and > here are some of the points that lead me to say to make mrproper: > > It's stated in the README by, iianm, Linus: > > $ cat /usr/src/linux/README | grep -A3 -B3 mrproper > - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around: > > cd linux > make mrproper > > You should now have the sources correctly installed. > > It's part of the HOWTO at MUO Docs: > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/kupgrade3.html#config > > Juan Quintela, Mandrake's kernel developer, made the most recent > statement of authority about this step that I know of: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg80179.html > > The configuration of your current kernel is in /boot/config or > /usr/src/linux/.conf, at least in stock Mandrake install situations: > [rolf@localhost rolf]$ diff -u /usr/src/linux/.config /boot/config > [rolf@localhost rolf]$ > > Move .config if you want to use it as make mrproper erases it. What I > do is to make mrproper, make xconfig, load config from /boot/config, > make changes that interest me, then use the two chains of commands from > the MUO Howto. This automatically changes the version of the kernel to > -mdkcustom, installs it in /boot, makes an initrd, changes the default > links in /boot, and runs lilo, as needed. Pretty easy.
Thanks a lot for all the information. P.S. I get the impression that you had understood my query as asking for you to justify 'make mrproper'. This was not intended, rather I didn't know anything about it and needed to know what it actually is & does. Sascha - -- Please encrypt all correspondence. PGP key available from: http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9/79EgzJdfX+cTW8RAifhAJ4lEHG31hNpkkQLOeQrc1eWFU9pxACfWhLk yLxJkPVabBhBOYSp2NCHcq8= =SeV9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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