mrproper deletes file needed by make

awolbush · 02-18-2006, 04:13 PM

When I build the kernel, I use the following sequence:
1) make mrproper
2) make xconfig
3) make clean ...(bzImage modules modules_install install)

This sequence, as I remember it, worked fine with Mandrake 10.0. But when I use the same sequence with Mandriva 2006.0, the make clean in step 3 fails because

/lib/modules/<version string>/build/include/linux/version.h

does not exist!

I do the make mrproper to delete all the objects. If I don't, I get complaints from version magic in the boot log (/var/log/messages).

I'm relatively new at this, can anyone help me?

awolbush

Brian1 · 02-18-2006, 04:38 PM

You are using 2.6 kernels correct. This is the new secquence to 2.6 kernel building.
1. make mrproper ( clean up kernel tree as before )
2. make xconfig ( your config tool )
3. make ( does the make and make modules in one command, does not use make clean or bzImage anymore)
4. make modules_install ( installs the modules to /lib/linux-**** )
5. make install ( adds to the grub.conf automatically )

nafan · 02-19-2006, 12:23 PM

Once you have carried out make mrproper your kernel tree is tidied up more so than make clean will do. You only need to

Code:

make mrproper
make xconfig     or     make oldconfig     or    make menuconfig
make bzImage modules       build only the kernel and modules

then install as before as root.