From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:33:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:33:24 -0500 Received: from pc195-cam4.cable.ntl.com ([62.253.135.195]:8347 "EHLO marvin.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:33:10 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:33:02 +0000 From: leo.howell@ntlworld.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: make mrproper Message-ID: <20010124173302.A8027@marvin> In-Reply-To: <20010124112738.A28476@ksu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20010124112738.A28476@ksu.edu>; from jap3003@ksu.edu on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:27:38AM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Long ago, about January 24, Joseph wrote: > >From John Levon on Wednesday, 24 January, 2001: > >Idle curiosity, but what does the "mr" in make mrproper > >stand for ? >=20 > My guess is that it is a joke. 'Meister Proper' is the German=20 > Mister Clean (the big, bald guy on the same-name cleaning=20 > agent bottle). I'm not sure of the spelling, though. It's been=20 > a while since I've seen the commercials. > I dunno if it's Finnish, though. Never been there. Maybe it was > put in by a German developer. Maybe not. It was there when > I started. Hmm; I always thought it stood for m(ake the)r(emake) proper ie, recompile properly if something got messed up. But I like the Mister Clean better :) --=20 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E/ED d-(?) s:+ a--->? C+++ UL++++>$ P+++ L+++ E(+++) W++@ N+ o? K++ w--- O- M-- VMS? PS+++ PE++ Y+(++) PGP+++ t--- 5-- X+ R tv@ b++(+++) DI++++ D++ G++ e* h! r !y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjpvEc4ACgkQmzGOWXqtItS1OQCfXuG2jRCNQKKVuy7bhjJzzVO/ PJsAn0tBSwRJdi484oVO++bcOde8pyF/ =T6JR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/