Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:37:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:37:15 -0400 Received: from pD9E239B5.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.226.57.181]:55200 "EHLO hawkeye.luckynet.adm") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:37:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 05:37:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Thunder from the hill X-X-Sender: thunder@hawkeye.luckynet.adm To: Peter Osterlund cc: Daniel Phillips , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: KBuild 2.5 Impressions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On 2 Jun 2002, Peter Osterlund wrote: > 3. You have to remember the "-f Makefile-2.5" arguments to make, > otherwise it will use the old makefile system. This seems to mess > things up so that subsequent make commands fail. > I tried to "mv Makefile-2.5 Makefile" to overcome this problem, but > it doesn't work because the original Makefile appears to be needed > for extracting kernel version information. There was no intention to reinvent the wheel. The only _replacing_ Makefile is a _merged_ version of them. Then you'll also have to find any Makefile-2.5s and revert them to Makefiles. This will take a moment, and is not yet intented. Regards, Thunder -- ship is leaving right on time | Thunder from the hill at ngforever empty harbour, wave goodbye | evacuation of the isle | free inhabitant not directly caveman's paintings drowning | belonging anywhere - 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/