Bug 39424 – RFE: More clearly document 'make mrproper' requirement

Bug 39424 - RFE: More clearly document 'make mrproper' requirement

Summary:	RFE: More clearly document 'make mrproper' requirement

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Reported:	2001-05-07 13:07 EDT by R P Herrold
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:33 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-04-25 23:44:09 EDT
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Description R P Herrold 2001-05-07 13:07:41 EDT

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 10:20:22 EDT

/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 2003-04-25 23:44:09 EDT

stale EOL product -- closing

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