Re: [PATCH 09/11] kbuild: drop vmlinux dependency from "make install"

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Thu Jan 12 2006 - 16:24:41 EST


On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:21:51AM -0500, Cal Peake wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>
> > This removes the dependency from vmlinux to install, thus avoiding the
> > current situation where "make install" has a nasty tendency to leave
> > root-turds in the working directory.
>
> Is removing the `kernel_install' target considered a userspace interface
> breakage? ;) Or am I just gonna have to get used to typing `make install'
> again?
make install is there to stay. And now where install and kernel_install
do the same thing the latter will disappear.
So yes, soon yo have to type less.

Sam
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