> A while back, somebody complained about having problems with their
> kernel that required them to do "make mrproper" to clean it up, and
> that they lost their configuration doing that, which made them less
> than happy...
>
> The enclosed patch adds an extra option to the root makefile which
> basically does the "make mrproper" without deleting the current
> configuration. This option is "make proper".
>
> I can report that it works on my system, and on that of a friend of
> mine, and I can't see anything to prevent it working on every system,
> but comments will be much appreciated.
>
> Best wishes from Riley.
>
> ***********************************************************************
>
> --- linux-2.2.1/Makefile.old Tue Jan 26 01:46:35 1999
> +++ linux-2.2.1/Makefile Thu Feb 11 18:11:08 1999
> @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
> fi
> rm -f submenu*
>
> -mrproper: clean archmrproper
> +proper: clean archmrproper
> rm -f include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h
> rm -f drivers/net/hamradio/soundmodem/sm_tbl_{afsk1200,afsk2666,fsk9600}.h
> rm -f drivers/net/hamradio/soundmodem/sm_tbl_{hapn4800,psk4800}.h
> @@ -372,7 +372,6 @@
> rm -f drivers/net/hamradio/soundmodem/gentbl
> rm -f drivers/char/hfmodem/gentbl drivers/char/hfmodem/tables.h
> rm -f drivers/sound/*_boot.h drivers/sound/.*.boot
> - rm -f .version .config* config.in config.old
> rm -f scripts/tkparse scripts/kconfig.tk scripts/kconfig.tmp
> rm -f scripts/lxdialog/*.o scripts/lxdialog/lxdialog
> rm -f .menuconfig.log
> @@ -384,6 +383,10 @@
> rm -f $(TOPDIR)/include/linux/modversions.h
> rm -rf $(TOPDIR)/include/linux/modules
> rm -rf modules
> +
> +mrproper: proper
> + rm -f .version .config* config.in config.old
> + make oldconfig
Ooooooooppppssss........
Where did that line sneak in? Trash that "make oldconfig", it
shouldnae be there - sorry...
>
> distclean: mrproper
> rm -f core `find . \( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \
>
>
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Best wishes from Riley.
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