Re: [PATCH 4/5] kbuild: make clean improved

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2004-06-15T18:48:59Z

On Monday 14 June 2004 23:50, Russell King wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:46:55PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
> > CLEAN_DIRS += $(MODVERDIR)
> > -CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux System.map \
> > +CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux System.map .version .config.old \
> > .tmp_kallsyms* .tmp_version .tmp_vmlinux*
>
> Why should 'make clean' remove the build version? Traditionally,
> this has been preserved until 'make mrproper'.

I believe that when removing .version you should remove .config too, so either
it should include .config or it should not include .version.

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