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Bug 33781

Summary: make mrproper misses a couple of files in linux 2.4.20-gentoo-r8
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Liam Helmer <liamh>
Component: [OLD] DevelopmentAssignee: x86-kernel (DEPRECATED) <x86-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: minor    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Patch for the Makefile

Description Liam Helmer 2003-11-18 13:50:23 UTC
Creates problems moving between different c libaries, etc. Not a big deal, but
should maybe be fixed anyways.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. make dep
2. make mrproper
3.

Actual Results:  
Some files not deleted in scripts: 
       scripts/makeproconfigdata 
       scripts/split-include 
       scripts/mkdep 


Expected Results:  
Deleted these files
Comment 1 Liam Helmer 2003-11-18 13:52:29 UTC
Created attachment 20924 [details, diff]
Patch for the Makefile

Adds in a couple of files to be deleted by mrproper, that's it
Comment 2 Brian Jackson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-11-18 15:15:15 UTC
Your kernel source should have nothing to do with c libs. Those files existing shouldn't either. I'd be interested to know what problems you are having.
Comment 3 Liam Helmer 2003-11-18 15:49:11 UTC
Well, I took a kernel source that I'd already compiled a kernel in, and copied it into another installation that used glibc 2.2, rather than glibc 2.3. I issued a make clean, make distclean, make mrproper... and still was unable to compile the modules (the kernel compiled fine). The holdup was being unable to run makeproconfigdata, because of lacking glibc2.3. I manually went in and deleted these files, but they should have been dumped with a make mrproper, as they are built during the make dep (which you must issue after a make mrproper anyways)... that's why I sent out the patch.

I honestly don't know if this is a gentoo bug or a kernel.org bug, but it was minorly irritating <grin>. It really only affects people working with many different distributions... although perhaps cross-compiling people may find this irritating as well?
Comment 4 Brian Jackson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-11-19 09:00:43 UTC
I can't find any kernels on my system (and I've got 21 -sources installed atm) that specify the removal of those files. This is an upstream bug. You should file it at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ and the proper people will investigate it.