> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Conway [mailto:nconway.list@ukaea.org.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 11:32 AM
> To: Frank Rietveld
> Cc: Neuhaus Yann; linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu;
> linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Makefile targets again :-) (Was Re: compile)
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> I've moaned before about the almost total lack of documentation on the
> Makefile targets, but maybe nobody else gives a damn. If that's the
> case, you either parse the Makefile (and children) by hand, or you use
> the targets you feel safe with... Shame really. People could save a
> lot of time...
Even better, a level of abstraction should be added so that users don't
actually *need* to do:
make dep; make clean; make whatever-they-want-here
In other words, perhaps an option in "make xconfig" could actually do this,
with a nice GUI bar showing "Compilation in progress...".
Naturally, you could allow the user to select which sort of image they
want (bzImage, whatever...), along with documentation on what images are
suitable for different purposes.
Another step forward to making Linux more accessible...
Tris.
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