Bug 39424 - RFE: More clearly document 'make mrproper' requirement
Summary: RFE: More clearly document 'make mrproper' requirement
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-05-07 17:07 UTC by R P Herrold
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-04-26 03:44:09 UTC
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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


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