From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:40:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:40:40 -0500 Received: from hal-4.inet.it ([213.92.5.23]:49114 "EHLO hal-4.inet.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:40:39 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Paolo Ornati To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: HELP: Building System Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:50:49 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20030320144039Z261488-25575+33284@vger.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I think that the available Documentetion about "REcompiling a kernel" is a little confusing (about the use of "make clean"). EXAMPLES: source: "The Linux Kernel HOWTO" ...When the configure script ends, it also tells you to `make dep' and (possibly) `clean'... ...For older versions of the kernel, when finished, you should do a `make clean'... ...In any case, do not forget this step before attempting to recompile a kernel. possibly? only for older versions of kernel? in any case? WHEN? source: www.linuxchix.org ...Sometimes, you'll change things so much that "make" can't figure out how to recompile the files correctly. "make clean" will remove all the object files (ending in .o) and a few other things... ok, this seems more convincing... Can anyone be more clear? Bye, Paolo