Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: KBuild 2.5 Impressions | From | Peter Osterlund <> | Date | 02 Jun 2002 13:53:33 +0200 |
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Thunder from the hill <thunder@ngforever.de> writes:
> On 2 Jun 2002, Peter Osterlund wrote: > > 3. You have to remember the "-f Makefile-2.5" arguments to make, > > otherwise it will use the old makefile system. This seems to mess > > things up so that subsequent make commands fail. > > I tried to "mv Makefile-2.5 Makefile" to overcome this problem, but > > it doesn't work because the original Makefile appears to be needed > > for extracting kernel version information. > > There was no intention to reinvent the wheel. The only _replacing_ > Makefile is a _merged_ version of them. Then you'll also have to find any > Makefile-2.5s and revert them to Makefiles. This will take a moment, and > is not yet intented.
Yes, I realize this problem will go away automatically when support for the old makefile system is removed. I just wanted to present my complete list of problems with kbuild 2.5. Except for those three issues, I don't see any advantages with the old makefile system.
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