Re: clean before or after dep?

From: Thomas Molina (tmolina@cox.net)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 12:51:13 EST


On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> README located in the top-level directory specify:
> make config
> make clean
> make dep
>
> Which is the logical order if you ask me.
>
> On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 02:13:02PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > The "kernel-howto" has been badly broken for years. The world would
> > actually be better without that document IMHO
>
> What about a small HOWTO located in Documentation/ that include a note
> that the LDP HOWTO is outdated?

I can't find the make clean in the top-level directory mentioned above.
Is the make clean even needed? I'm not doing a make clean when I rebuild
kernels; am I making a big booboo?

I'm willing to rewrite the HOWTO, or create a new one if needed.

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