Re: top-level Makefile options: documented?

Matthew D. Pitts (mpitts@suite224.net)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:26:10 -0400


Neil,

>
> Subject says it mostly. This has been prompted by one too many messages
> from knowledgeable folk saying things like "use make oldconfig", or "use
> make bzImage"...
>
> These knowledgeable folk %-) can try and save themselves a lot of time
> by pointing us less educated types to the source of the info (which
> hopefully hasn't all been word of mouth).
>
> There are reams of options in the main Makefile, some of which are
> probably wayyyyyy out of date and bad for the health, and others of
> which Linus probably uses every day, but very few are mentioned in the
> README (I must admit bzImage IS one of these).
>
> Knowing when one does and doesn't need a "make mrproper" or a "make
> clean" etc. would be kinda useful for know-nothings like me.

make mrproper isn't mentioned because it's used by make distclean

The README mentions the main options to be used. The best choice is make
menuconfig, if you have curses or ncurses installed, because it gives you a
menu-based configuration.

Hope this helps some.

Matthew D. Pitts
mpitts@suite224.net

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