From linux-kernel Mon Oct 28 19:07:44 2002 From: Rob Landley Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:07:44 +0000 To: linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.5.44: what's .tmp_export-objs for? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=103585033124453 On Monday 28 October 2002 16:54, Olaf Dietsche wrote: > Rob Landley writes: > > I accidentally did a 2.5.44 kernel build as root rather than my normal > > user, so I'm trying to see what clean steps I need to so (as root) to be > > able to build the tree again. A normal make clean failed (permission > > denied deleting files), so I did an su and a make clean. Exit back to > > normal user, make clean, life is good, do a make dep, and it complains > > about the directory .tmp_export-objs. > > > > 1) Why does the build process use a hidden directory? > > > > 2) Why isn't make clean removing something with "tmp" in the name? > > "make help" lists a bunch of options. I guess, what you're searching > for is "make mrproper" or even "make distclean". Except that make mrproper deletes the .config file so I'd have to spend fifteen minutes with menuconfig again unless I know (and remember) to back it up. :) I guess make clean is trying to avoid damaging the "make dep" output. I thought that a big part of Keith Owens' new build system was to get rid of the horror that is "make dep", but I remember now that Linus rejected it for some reason. Oh well. Just curious... Rob -- http://penguicon.sf.net - Terry Pratchett, Eric Raymond, Pete Abrams, Illiad, CmdrTaco, liquid nitrogen ice cream, and caffienated jello. Well why not? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/