[KLUG Members] Re: kernel

[Peter Buxton]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:54:46AM -0400, Nikolas Reist was only escaped
   alone to tell thee:

> > make mrproper (What is it use for ?)

See below.

> > make xconfig
> > make clean(do I require ?)

You should run make mrproper only when you change target architectures
or install a new kernel tree (to insure the packager didn't tar up any
unnecessary files). You might use make clean if you're tracking down
kernel bugs; I generally don't bother with it at all.

> it's my understanding that as of 2.6 make mrproper is no longer
> necessary with the .config support.

No, not as a normal thing. And make dep is no longer a separate,
user-required step in 2.6 at all.

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