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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/backport/Makefile b/backport/Makefile
index 287b27de..421a4f65 100644
--- a/backport/Makefile
+++ b/backport/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ mrproper:
@rm -f backport-include/backport/autoconf.h
.DEFAULT:
+ @set -e ; test -f .local-symbols || ( \
+ echo "/--------------" ;\
+ echo "| You shouldn't run make in the backports tree, but only in" ;\
+ echo "| the generated output. This here is only the skeleton code" ;\
+ echo "| copied into the output directory. To use the backport system" ;\
+ echo "| from scratch, go into the top-level directory and run" ;\
+ echo "| ./gentree.py /path/to/linux-next/ /tmp/output" ;\
+ echo "| and then make menuconfig/... in the output directory. See" ;\
+ echo "| ./gentree.py --help" ;\
+ echo "| for more options." ;\
+ echo "\\--" ;\
+ false)
@set -e ; test -f $(KERNEL_CONFIG) || ( \
echo "/--------------" ;\
echo "| Your kernel headers are incomplete/not installed." ;\