Bug 39424

Summary: RFE: More clearly document 'make mrproper' requirement
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: R P Herrold <herrold>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description R P Herrold 2001-05-07 17:07:41 UTC 
Description of Problem:

Kernel and module building instructions are not sufficiently explicit.

How Reproducible:

Several people have hit the 'make mrproper' omission error

Steps to Reproduce:

Attempt to make modules without first running make mrproper, after 
installing kernel-sources

Actual Results:

kernel module compilation fails

Expected Results:

kernel module compilation should succeed

Additional Information:
 
Proposed solutions are several - pleaee implement all three with next 
kernel update:

1.  Add a post install 'make mrproper' to the specfile for kernel in that 
stanza which is run after the kernel-source subpackage.

2.  Make more prominent, in the Description stanza of kernel-source, that 
this needs to be done.

3.  Add an additional 'README.RedHat71' in 
/usr/share/doc/kernel-source-xxx/ documenting this requirement, and 
discussing the issue.
Comment 1 Brian Brock 2001-05-08 14:20:22 UTC 
/usr/src/linux-2.4/README explicitly states:

                cd linux
                make mrproper

   You should now have the sources correctly installed.

before running make config.

It's not just a Red Hat requirement; it's also been a requirement (and in the
README) for some time in 2.2 kernels.
Comment 2 R P Herrold 2003-04-26 03:44:09 UTC 
stale EOL product -- closing