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.
/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.
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