Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 27 May 2003 22:08:19 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jeff Smith <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] KBuild documentation - make dep |
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--- Paulo Andre' <fscked@iol.pt> wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2003 10:44:53 -0700 (PDT) > Jeff Smith <whydoubt@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Perhaps a reference saying that `make dep' is not needed anymore and > that it is actually deprecated should remain in the documentation? > > Paulo
Paulo, I would say make dep was deprecated around 2.5.23. In 2.5.60, in the root Makefile, the target was reduced to a simple warning. I would call this 'obsoleted'. As far as I can tell, only one Makefile still utilizes the dep target, and this may be an oversight. So how about this patch:
-- Jeff Smith
======================================================================== --- a/Documentation/kbuild/commands.txt Mon May 26 20:00:41 2003 +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/commands.txt Tue May 27 23:39:29 2003 @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ you need:
make config - make dep make bzImage
Instead of 'make config', you can run 'make menuconfig' for a full-screen @@ -91,23 +90,6 @@
'make dep' is a synonym for the long form, 'make depend'.
- This command does two things. First, it computes dependency - information about which .o files depend on which .h files. - It records this information in a top-level file named .hdepend - and in one file per source directory named .depend. - - Second, if you have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS enabled, 'make dep' - computes symbol version information for all of the files that - export symbols (note that both resident and modular files may - export symbols). - - If you do not enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS, you only have to run - 'make dep' once, right after the first time you configure - the kernel. The .hdepend files and the .depend file are - independent of your configuration. - - If you do enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS, you must run 'make dep' - every time you change your configuration, because the module - symbol version information depends on the configuration. + As of version 2.5.60, this command is obsolete.
[to be continued ...]
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