On Monday 18 September 2006 23:21, Matthew Burgess wrote:
> Thomas Trepl wrote:
> > Be carefull with the headers_install target. It cleans the destination
> > first and than installs the headers into. Previously installed headers
> > got lost.
>
> Well, there's a proposal to change that at
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0609.2/0351.html:
>
> "I'd like to move to a scheme where we do headers_install and
> headers_check _without_ starting with a rm -rf
> $(HDR_INSTALL_PATH)/include."
Ah, maybe more than only me has destroyed his /usr/include :-)
> So, yes, at the moment one has to be careful, but I can't see this being
> a problem for much longer (I say, crossing fingers that whatever
> mechanism is devised makes it into 2.6.18!).
Yes, i think that, too
> Even if it doesn't make
> the cut, I don't see a problem going ahead with using the
> headers_install target with a suitably prominent warning.
I simply do an install in a temporary dir and than copy the content over. But
lets see what 2.6.18 will bring.
Thomas
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