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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: kernel versions and config's rm -rf
To: rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 14:41:08 -0700 (MST)
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> > Instead of "rm -rf", maybe config could just do "make clean; rm *.h Makefile",
> > to keep the "version" file around?
> 
> I like this, it is far more appropriate than an rm -rf, but should be
> reduced even further to just ``make clean; rm *.h'' and the clean: target had
> better do the right things.  No need to rm the Makefile, config is going
> to overwrite it anyway.  I can see the reasoning for rm *.h, as config and
> or files{,.i386} may have changed and not rewrite all the same .h files :-(.  

You are both forgetting minor issues.

Like vnode_if.c and syscalls.c.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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