Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932370AbWARH7B (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:59:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932379AbWARH7B (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:59:01 -0500 Received: from smtp-103-wednesday.nerim.net ([62.4.16.103]:49419 "EHLO kraid.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932370AbWARH7A (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:59:00 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:59:36 +0100 From: Jean Delvare To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Eyal Lebedinsky , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16-rc1 Message-Id: <20060118085936.4773dd77.khali@linux-fr.org> In-Reply-To: <20060117232701.GA7606@mars.ravnborg.org> References: <43CD67AE.9030501@eyal.emu.id.au> <20060117232701.GA7606@mars.ravnborg.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.4 (GTK+ 2.6.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 23738 Lines: 482 Hi Sam, Eyal, > > I am looking at a problem where the build seems to remove /dev/null, > > which is then created as a regular file (naturally). This did not > > happen before. > > > > # ls -l /dev/null > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Jan 18 08:42 /dev/null > > # make distclean > > CLEAN scripts/basic > > CLEAN scripts/kconfig > > CLEAN include/config > > CLEAN .config .config.old include/asm include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h .kernelrelease > > # ls -l /dev/null > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47 Jan 18 08:42 /dev/null > > Strange. > I have tried to reproduce without luck... > Can you please do above steps again with V=1 added like this: > ls -l /dev/null > make distclean V=1 > ls -l /dev/null I just tried this on a freshly unpacked and configured (but not compiled) 2.6.16-rc1, and I observe a similarly strange, though different, behavior: hyperion:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1 # ls -l /dev/null crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2006-01-18 09:30 /dev/null hyperion:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1 # make distclean V=1 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/boot make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/ make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/crypto make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/ia32 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/kernel make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/kernel/../../i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/kernel/acpi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/lib make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/mm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/oprofile make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=arch/x86_64/pci make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=block make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=crypto make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/dispatcher make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/events make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/executer make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/hardware make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/namespace make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/parser make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/resources make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/sleep make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/tables make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/acpi/utilities make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/amba make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/atm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/base make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/base/power make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/block make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/block/aoe make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/block/paride make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/bluetooth make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/cdrom make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/agp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/drm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/ftape make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/ftape/compressor make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/ftape/zftape make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/ipmi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/mwave make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/pcmcia make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/rio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/tpm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/char/watchdog make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/connector make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/cpufreq make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/crypto make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/dio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/eisa make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/fc4 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/firmware make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/hwmon make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/i2c make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/i2c/algos make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/i2c/busses make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/i2c/chips make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/ide make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/ide/arm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/ide/cris make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/ide/legacy make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/ide/mips make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/ide/pci make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/ieee1394 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/infiniband make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/infiniband/core make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/joystick make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/joystick/iforce make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/keyboard make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/misc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/mouse make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/touchscreen make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/gameport make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/input/serio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/act2000 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/capi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/divert make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/hardware make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/hardware/avm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/hisax make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/hysdn make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/i4l make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/icn make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/isdnloop make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/pcbit make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/isdn/sc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/macintosh make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mca make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/md make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/common make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/b2c2 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/frontends make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/pluto2 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/ttpci make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-dec make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/radio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/video make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/video/cx25840 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/video/cx88 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/video/em28xx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/video/ovcamchip make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/media/video/saa7134 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/message make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/message/fusion make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/message/i2o make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mfd make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/misc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/misc/hdpuftrs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/misc/ibmasm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mmc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mtd make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mtd/chips make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mtd/devices make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mtd/maps make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mtd/nand make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/mtd/onenand make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/appletalk make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/arcnet make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/arm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/bonding make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/chelsio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/cris make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/e1000 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/fec_8xx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/fs_enet make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/hamradio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/ibm_emac make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/irda make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/ixgb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/ixp2000 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/pcmcia make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/phy make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/sk98lin make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/skfp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/tokenring make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/tulip make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/wan make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/wan/lmc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/wireless make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/wireless/hostap make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/net/wireless/prism54 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/nubus make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/parisc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/parport make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pci make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pci/hotplug make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pci/pcie make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pcmcia make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pnp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pnp/isapnp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pnp/pnpacpi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/pnp/pnpbios make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/rapidio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/rapidio/switches make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/sbus make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/sbus/char make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/aacraid make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/aic7xxx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/arm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/lpfc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/megaraid make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/pcmcia make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/qla2xxx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/serial make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/serial/cpm_uart make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/serial/jsm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/sh make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/sh/superhyway make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/sn make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/spi make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/tc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/telephony make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/atm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/class make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/core make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/host make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/image make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/input make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/media make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/media/pwc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/misc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/mon make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/net make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/serial make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/storage make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/usb/gadget make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/aty make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/backlight make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/console make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/geode make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/kyro make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/logo make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/matrox make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/nvidia make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/riva make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/savage make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/sis make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/i810 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/video/intelfb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/w1 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=drivers/zorro make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/9p make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/adfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/affs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/afs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/autofs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/autofs4 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/befs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/bfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/cifs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/coda make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/configfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/cramfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/debugfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/devfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/devpts make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/efs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/exportfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ext2 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ext3 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/fat make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/freevxfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/fuse make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/hfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/hfsplus make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/hostfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/hpfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/hppfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/hugetlbfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/isofs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/jbd make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/jffs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/jffs2 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/jfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/lockd make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/minix make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/msdos make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ncpfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/nfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/nfs_common make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/nfsd make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/nls make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ntfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ocfs2 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ocfs2/cluster make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ocfs2/dlm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/openpromfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/partitions make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/proc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/qnx4 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ramfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/reiserfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/relayfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/romfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/smbfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/sysfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/sysv make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/udf make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/ufs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/vfat make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=fs/xfs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=init make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=ipc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=kernel make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=kernel/irq make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=kernel/power make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=lib make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=lib/reed_solomon make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=lib/zlib_deflate make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=lib/zlib_inflate make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=mm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/802 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/8021q make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/appletalk make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/atm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/ax25 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/bluetooth make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/bluetooth/bnep make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/bluetooth/cmtp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/bluetooth/hidp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/bluetooth/rfcomm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/bridge make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/bridge/netfilter make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/core make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/dccp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/dccp/ccids make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/dccp/ccids/lib make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/decnet make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/decnet/netfilter make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/econet make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/ethernet make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/ieee80211 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/ipv4 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/ipv4/ipvs make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/ipv4/netfilter make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/ipx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/irda make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/irda/ircomm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/irda/irlan make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/irda/irnet make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/key make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/lapb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/llc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/netfilter make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/netlink make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/netrom make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/packet make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/rose make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/rxrpc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/sched make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/sctp make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/sunrpc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/sunrpc/auth_gss make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/tipc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/unix make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/wanrouter make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/x25 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=net/xfrm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=security make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=security/keys make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=security/selinux make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=security/selinux/ss make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/arm make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/core make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/core/oss make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/core/seq make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/core/seq/instr make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/drivers make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/drivers/mpu401 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/drivers/opl3 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/drivers/opl4 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/drivers/vx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/i2c make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/i2c/other make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/ad1816a make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/ad1848 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/cs423x make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/es1688 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/gus make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/opti9xx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/sb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/isa/wavefront make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/mips make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/oss make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/oss/cs4281 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/oss/dmasound make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/oss/emu10k1 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/parisc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/ac97 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/ali5451 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/au88x0 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/ca0106 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/cs46xx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/cs5535audio make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/emu10k1 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/hda make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/ice1712 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/korg1212 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/mixart make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/nm256 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/pcxhr make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/rme9652 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/trident make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/vx222 make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pci/ymfpci make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pcmcia make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/pcmcia/vx make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/ppc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/sparc make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/synth make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/synth/emux make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/usb make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=sound/usb/usx2y make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=usr rm -rf .tmp_versions rm -f arch/x86_64/boot/fdimage arch/x86_64/boot/mtools.conf vmlinux System.map .tmp_kallsyms* .tmp_version .tmp_vmlinux* .tmp_System.map make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook/man/ make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=scripts make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=scripts/basic make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=scripts/genksyms make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=scripts/kconfig make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=scripts/kconfig/lxdialog make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=scripts/mod make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=scripts/package rm -rf rm -f hyperion:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1 # ls -l /dev/null crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1, 3 2006-01-18 09:30 /dev/null hyperion:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1 # See the permissions change? I wonder what caused that. The trace above is from a SuSE 10.0 on x86_64. Then I tried on my laptop which has a Slackware 10.2 on i386, kernel had been built in the directory, and result is the same: root@arrakis:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1> ls -l /dev/null crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2006-01-18 08:22 /dev/null root@arrakis:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1> make distclean V=1 (...) root@arrakis:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1> ls -l /dev/null crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1, 3 2006-01-18 08:22 /dev/null root@arrakis:/home/khali/src/linux-2.6.16-rc1> So there is something weird here, which seems to be rather system-independent, although I can't explain why Eyal and I observe different weirdnesses. > Not a fix - but do not build as root.... I second Sam here - never build anything as root, kernel or anything else. 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