Re: build issue #479 for v2.6.26-rc1-6-gafa26be :redefinition of 'sysfs_update_group'

[Toralf Förster]

At Sunday 04 May 2008 12:41:27 Sam Ravnborg wrote :
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 10:53:40AM +0200, Toralf Förster wrote:
> > include/linux/sysfs.h:195: error: previous definition of 'sysfs_update_group' was here
> > make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1
> > make: *** [prepare0] Error 2
> > 
> > The build was made with :
> > $> make mrproper && make randconfig && make
> 
> Why do you need the "make mrproper" in the first place?
> 
> kbuild should build what is needed when the config changes.
> 
> 	Sam
> 

Hhm,

when I wrote the script one or two years ago for automated build tests I got
sometimes false positives w/o "make mrproper" - IIRC.
Maybe it's time to remove it to see whether kbuild works as expected  ?

:-)

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Toralf Förster
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