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From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE>
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Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel?
In-Reply-To: <199712100124.TAA26461@nospam.hiwaay.net> from David Kelly at "Dec 9, 97 07:24:11 pm"
To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:14:24 +0100 (MET)
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> Whats wrong with "make depend kernel install"? That's what I've been 

The "depend" target produces the file .depend, which will be read
by make(1) on the *next* run. It doesn't use the carefully built
dependency rules for the "kernel" and "install" targets in this run.

So, if you build the kernel each time from a clean build directory,
the "depend" target is superfluous.

Wolfgang