Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:18:32 GMT | From | <> | Subject | Why not make mrproper? (was Linux v2.1.16) |
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Linus Torvalds writes: [...] > Oh, one final note about 2.1.16: you should do a "make mrproper" followed > by a configure and then a "make dep". That should get rid of any bogus > dependencies that may have been created by 2.1.14 (resulting in "no rule > to make target 'xxx.h'" errors).
This prompts a question: why *not* do the "make mrproper ; make config ; make dep ; make clean" sequence when building a new version of a kernel (e.g., move from 2.1.15 to 2.1.16)?
Rick
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