On 01/17/2008 02:37 PM, Michael Opdenacker wrote: > > Proposed fix: add arch/i386 and arch/x86_84 to the list of > directories cleaned by "make mrproper" > > Cleaner solution: stop creating these symbolic links, but this > could cause issues with scripts still expecting bzImage in > arch/i386/boot/bzImage or in arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage. > > What do you think? I can submit another patch for the second > option. > > Michael. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- > linux-2.6.24-rc8-git1/Makefile 2008-01-17 09:54:22.000000000 > +0100 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc8-git1-mrproper-x86/Makefile 2008-01-17 > 10:49:19.000000000 +0100 @@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ .tmp_kallsyms* > .tmp_version .tmp_vmlinux* .tmp_System.map > > # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper' -MRPROPER_DIRS > += include/config include2 usr/include +MRPROPER_DIRS += > include/config include2 usr/include arch/i386 arch/x86_64 > MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old include/asm .version > .old_version \ include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h > \ include/linux/utsrelease.h \ > The problem is still there in 2.6.24-rc8-git2. In my opinion, it's a significant bug in the kernel build system that "make mrproper" and "make distclean" don't remove all generated files. 2.6.24 shoudn't ship with this bug.
What do you think? Cheers, Michael. -- Michael Opdenacker, Free Electrons Free Embedded Linux Training Materials on http://free-electrons.com/training (More than 1500 pages!) -- 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/
