Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2007-12-03 at 19:43 -0000, Thomas Hertweck wrote:
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No. For instance, configure the kernel source in the source tree. Later on, try to use a build directory. It won't work and the kernel build system will tell you something like this:
That's a special case and not a typical use. You are not doing a "make" alone.
It's nothing special. Just dealing with various kernels - with and without build directory - in different situations on a regular basis.
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. So what? Many things aren't mentioned in the SuSE documentation, but nevertheless those things can be quite useful. I use "make mrproper" a lot.
And I never use it. No need. I was bitten by it once, no more, thanks.
Well, it seems as if you had trouble understanding the purpose of "make mrproper" judging from your comments that you were surprised about the disappearance of .config. If you were dealing with build directories and various kernel trees etc., then you would probably see how useful this Makefile target can be, and you would also know that a reinstallation of the source had not been necessary. Please don't recommend not to use this Makefile target solely based on your own bad experience where you were bitten once - this was obviously your own fault, not knowing what "make mrproper" is all about at that time. Th. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org