Re: [Plug] Ok, attempt number two..+ CORRECTIONS

[Jonathan Disher <jdisher@pinit.ece.drexel.edu>]

I do this on fresh untars:

# make mrproper [xc|menuc|c]onfig dep clean bzImage modules
modules_install bzlilo

On old untars, omit the mrproper.

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Jason S. wrote:

> Martin DiViaio wrote:
> 
> > You should do make mrproper BEFORE make config. Especially if you are
> > compiling from the sources a second (or more) time. make mrproper will
> > clean out all of the object files from your previous compile so you are
> > guaranteed to get a clean compile.
> > 
> 
> Actually, make mrproper does more than just clean out the object files.
> It also cleans out any changes you've made to the default config. This
> is usually not what you want. A simple make clean will remove the object
> files and keep your kernel config. I generally avoid make mrproper
> unless I'm having trouble getting it to compile at all. Actually, I tend
> to keep my /usr/src/linux/.config file arround so I can use it from one
> kernel to annother. The make config routine gets tedious when you're
> using the same hardware but want a newer kernel. 
> 
> 
> > There is also a make distclean that does pretty much the same thing as
> > make mrproper.
> > 
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