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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/kernel-exp.xml | 5 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 6909414d8..65d6976fe 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ <itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>January 30th, 2002 [markh]: Chapter 5: Enhanced the make +mrproper explanation.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>January 30th, 2002 [marcheerdink]: Chapters 5+6: Removed the --libexecdir flag from fileutils' configure options.</para></listitem> 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 |