On Sun, Apr 05, 2015 at 04:46:00PM -0400, rail shafigulin wrote: > I'm on chapter 5.6, Linux-3.19 API Headers, book version 7.7. It is talking > about running make mrproper, but I'm not clear in which directory I should > run it. I've tried a few and the only one it worked in was the > /mnt/lfs/sources/linux-3.19 > > The cause for my confusion are the two sentences: > > Make sure there are no stale files and dependencies lying around from > previous activity >
That text goes back a long time - over the years I think there have been one or two kernels which included some stale files, and it certainly does no harm to ensure the source is clean. > and > > Now extract the user-visible kernel headers from the source. > > It looks like I should run make mrpoper first and then extract the headers, > however I couldn't find a makefile that has this target except the one in > linux-3.19 directory. > > Am I correct in assuming that I need to extract linux headers first and > then run the make mrproper target? No. I think you are reading too much into it. > > Any help is appreciated. As with any other package, cd into the directory where it extracted (linux-3.19.0, ISTR). Then run the instructions. make mrproper make INSTALL_HDR_PATH ... cp -rv ... ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
