From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:28:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:28:40 -0400 Received: from mail.zmailer.org ([62.240.94.4]:15748 "EHLO mail.zmailer.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:28:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 16:32:17 +0300 From: Matti Aarnio To: davidsen@tmr.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why 'mrproper'? Message-ID: <20020807133217.GF32427@mea-ext.zmailer.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 08:55:25AM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Having started out on the four floppy MCC "distribution" of Linux, > building kernels clean with 'make distclean,' can someone provide a quick > historical note as to what mrproper buys? A quick look at the tree after > each didn't tell me much. Besides of the referral to domestic cleaning agent.. The "mrproper" tag is being used all over the place to remove most of configuration and compilation related files. "distclean" calls at first "mrproper", and then does some additional cleanups, like various editor backup files. Thus "distclean" does more than "mrproper". Deeper understanding is available to those who read the top-level "Makefile" file. ;-) (Presuming they understand makefile.) /Matti Aarnio