Re: Hoping for some help with this kernel error

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>]

	Subject: Re: Hoping for some help with this kernel error
	Date: Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 01:54:56PM +0930

In reply to:John Pearson

Quoting John Pearson(john@huiac.apana.org.au):
> On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 01:34:52AM +0100, Frankie wrote
> > Incidentally, on the subject of kernel 2.2.10 and make-kpkg, has anyone had a compile
> > problem just after patching to 2.2.10?
No
> > Normally when I install a patch, I use a modified version of the patch-kernel script,
> > and then I run make-kpkg kernel_image.

I have applied esch patch to the original 2.2.0 ource

> > However, when I upgraded from 2.2.9 to 2.2.10, the compile stopped near the end with an
> > error which I can't remember, and to get it to compile I discovered I had to make-kpkg
> > clean, before runnning make-kpkg kernel-image.

I have yet to use make-kpkg on the 2.2x kernels.

> > 
> > Is this just some freak error on my system? or has the makefile failed to notice that
> > its a later version of the kernel? or does make-kpkg not handle running make clean etc
> > if necessary?
> > 

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