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From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: Kernel config bug?
Message-ID: <Cqz1yr.1KD@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh
References: <1994Jun6.092411.334@robkaos.ping.de>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 10:47:14 GMT
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In article <1994Jun6.092411.334@robkaos.ping.de> robsch@robkaos.ping.de (Robert Schien) writes:
>I said config CONFGIFILE; cd /sys/compile/CONFIGFILE; make depend; make
>as usual but the kernel wasn't recompiled correctly. Not all files
>which were affected by the new define were compiled. 

"make depend" only figures out dependencies that involve include
files.  Options like USER_LDT which consist only of #ifdefs aren't
detected.

Just delete the relevant objects by hand (eg "rm *.o").

-- Richard
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Richard Tobin, HCRC, Edinburgh University                 R.Tobin@ed.ac.uk

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