On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:32:50 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > > > > > > And we will visit DocBook with mrproper - but not clean. > > > I have no stron opinion when to delete generated files in DocBook. > > > > OK, that's fine, thanks for the info... > > but trying 'make mrproper' gives me: > > > > make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook > > make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook/man/ > > make[2]: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long > > make[2]: *** [__clean] Error 127 > > make[1]: *** [Documentation/DocBook/man/] Error 2 > > make: *** [_mrproper_Documentation/DocBook] Error 2 > > > > DocBook/man/ contains about 2000 files. > > Is there some way to have scripts/Makefile.clean just do > > rm -rf Documentation/DocBook/man/ > > ? or some other solution? > > Something like this should do it. > This deletes the man/ directory entirely so > I have to do that when I check in the patch. > > Let me know if this works for you.
Yes, thanks. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sam > > diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile > index 867608a..960f402 100644 > --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile > +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile > @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2man = MAN $@ > @(which xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1) || \ > (echo "*** You need to install xmlto ***"; \ > exit 1) > + $(Q)mkdir -p $(obj)/man > $(call cmd,db2man) > @touch $@ > > @@ -212,11 +213,7 @@ clean-files := $(DOCBOOKS) \ > $(patsubst %.xml, %.9, $(DOCBOOKS)) \ > $(C-procfs-example) > > -clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS)) > - > -#man put files in man subdir - traverse down > -subdir- := man/ > - > +clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS)) man > > # Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony. We keep that > # information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends. > diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/man/Makefile > b/Documentation/DocBook/man/Makefile > deleted file mode 100644 > index 4fb7ea0..0000000 > --- a/Documentation/DocBook/man/Makefile > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ > -# Rules are put in Documentation/DocBook > - > -clean-files := *.9.gz *.sgml manpage.links manpage.refs > > - --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
