On Monday 21 July 2003 11:13 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > Yes, a lot has changed. You no longer need to do all of the make > arguments. > 1) 'make config|menuconfig|xconfig|oldconfig' all still work the same. > 2) 'make dep' and 'make clean' are no longer required, but you can use > 'make clean' if you like. > 3) 'make' will compile both the kernel and modules for you. If you > happen to have removed something (in menuconfig for example), you do > not have to run 'make dep' or 'make clean' or 'make distclean' or 'make > mrproper' at any point. Just running 'make' is enough. > 4) 'make xconfig' is now using qt instead of the old way. It's really > nice. > 5) 'make install' still does things the same way. > > In short, the Makefiles and related scripts have undergone some major > rewrites. It works quite well now that the bugs seem to have been > squashed for the most part.
Hi Todd, good to see you around. I have been playing around and I cannot get the modules to compile. The kernel image goes fine, but the modules keep crapping out at some point. Each time I go back into the config and fix, get past that spot and something else won't go. I also like the new interface a lot better. What are they going to do on a RedHat box that doesn't have libqt installed though? :-D I'll keep working on it, but I really appreciate your clarification. I was still doing some of those steps, and they are not necessary. -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx
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