bug in kernel depends calculation

Adam Heath (adam.heath@usa.net)
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 04:11:19 -0500 (EST)


I recently went and got the 2.1.92pre1 off of ftp.kernel.org, did a mv 2.1.91
2.1.92, and applied the patch. Did a make clean, and then tried make zImage.
I then noticed the bug.

A previous make dep(2.1.91) had stored the absolute directory into the depends
files. I think that this is wrong. It should be relative. Make dep should
have to be run, if I just move a directory.

You could say that make dep should be run after every kernel patch, and I
would agree. But, if a directory was moved, and no patch applied, then this
bug would still appear.

Adam

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