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

Russell King
2004-06-14T20:50:40Z

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'.

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Russell King
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