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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 19:53:56 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Paolo Ornati <javaman@katamail.com>
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Subject: Re: HELP: Building System
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 03:50:49PM +0100, Paolo Ornati wrote:
> I think that the available Documentetion about "REcompiling a kernel" is a 
> little confusing (about the use of "make clean").

Did you try to read README in the top-level directory?

Anyway "make clean" deletes most of the generated files, but most
important leaves the actual .config.
"make mrproper" cleans up stuff even more, but remember to save/restore
.config when using "make mrproper".

	Sam