Re: How to clean after patching

[Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:44:23AM -0700, Ravi wrote:
> 
> > I have a question. How to clean after patching new kernel version?
> > When I do just make clean, sometimes broken dependencies result. If i
> 
> > make mrproper, it removes .config, which I really want to keep.
>  
> 
>  Save the .config, run 'make mrproper' and restore .config :)
> It is always better to reconfigure the kernel options after patching.
> New options may be added, or some others may be removed. So use your 
> old .config as the template and update the configuration.

But that's what make oldconfig is for. And it needs the old .config of
course.

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