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| author | Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2002-01-30 16:25:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2002-01-30 16:25:35 +0000 |
| commit | 451d334bd6f1cdd35a54a9d3aa86ba9f1a9cb996 (patch) | |
| tree | 2fb61673c672e80ccd9811ef713fbf6d8b4100dc /chapter05 | |
| parent | 1d91cdf2fa80f2615db4474de68ea253c28df9df (diff) | |
[Bug 196] ch5-kernel make mrproper explanation
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1512 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/kernel-exp.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml b/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml index 3cb6eca8b..e52e73d60 100644 --- a/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml +++ b/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml @@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ <title>Command explanations</title> <para><userinput>make mrproper:</userinput> This will ensure that the kernel -tree is absolutely clean.</para> +tree is absolutely clean. We do this because the kernel team recommend +that this is done prior to <emphasis>each</emphasis> kernel compilation, +and that we shouldn't rely on the source tree being automatically clean +after untarring.</para> <para><userinput>yes "" | make config:</userinput> This runs make config and answers with the default answer to every question the config script asks |