Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266003AbUI0FWX (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:22:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266006AbUI0FWX (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:22:23 -0400 Received: from pfepc.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.237]:22323 "EHLO pfepc.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266003AbUI0FWV (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:22:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:22:46 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] make make install install modules too Message-ID: <20040927072246.GA8613@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Wilcox , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040917170051.GU642@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040917170051.GU642@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 18 On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 06:00:51PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > I keep forgetting to run 'make modules_install' after make install. Since > make now compiles modules too and there's no separate make modules step, > it seems to make sense that make install should also install modules. No, we do not want to change such basic behaviour. So many poeple are used to current scheme with: make modules_install && make install that it would't be worth breaking their ways of working. Sam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/