-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-12-02 at 06:52 -0600, Rajko M. wrote:
You should better follow the instructions in "/usr/src/linux/README.SUSE", which actually is "/usr/share/doc/packages/kernel-source/README.SUSE". There is no reference to "make mrproper" in there: that target can break things sometimes, IMHO.
Such as...?
Broken kernel source tree ;-)
Carlos: make mrproper is valid target if you want to remove all traces of previous compilation(s) and start from scratch, if it breaks something it is better to know at that stage than later when kernel doesn't work properly.
It is a valid target when you get the sources elsewhere, add bits and ends, etc. It is not needed if you just install the source rpm from suse, which comes already cleaned. It can delete customizations, too: the only time I used it deleted my own config files and notes, and some of suse's files. I had to reinstall the sources. It deletes *anything* it thinks doesn't belong on the kernel. If you need to clean a previous compilation, use "make clean". That's more than enough. I have been making my own kernels for years and I never use mrproper. SuSE does not recomend it in their own instructions. It's not even mentioned. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHUr01tTMYHG2NR9URAt7yAJ9dlgaCexVf8yiKvpIkevUemItO8ACfaqol nkn9W+tCOEPfWN7VDhq50c0= =VJSN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org