Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | Re: Removing .tmp_versions considered harmful | From | Pavel Roskin <> | Date | Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:55:27 -0400 |
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Hello, Sam!
How about following patch? Something needs to be done before 2.6.17. Complaints about .tmp_versions are almost in every list about wireless drivers I'm subscribed to.
I'm not asking to keep *.mod files, just please keep the .tmp_versions directory.
------------------------------- Remove *.mod files but not .tmp_versions for external builds
From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
When "make install" is run as root, .tmp_versions is re-created and becomes owned by root. Subsequent "make" run by user fails because .tmp_versions cannot be removed.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> ---
Makefile | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index a940eae..6d7db09 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ # We are always building modules KBUILD_MODULES := 1 PHONY += crmodverdir crmodverdir: - $(Q)rm -rf $(MODVERDIR) + $(Q)rm -f $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod $(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR) PHONY += $(objtree)/Module.symvers
-- Regards, Pavel Roskin
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