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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-02-19 10:31:37 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-02-19 10:31:37 -0800 |
| commit | 773433433791b9420c2a0f86b93c91d4115d89b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 86704390601bf7a6188dda9df7f6c78be80e42a7 /Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | |
| parent | 27a22ee4c7d5839fd7e3e441c9d675c8a5c4c22c (diff) | |
| parent | 31a4af7f7d3cd3090c1c9201d62d4ede54dc5969 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild
Pull misc kbuild changes from Michal Marek:
"Just a few non-critical kbuild changes:
- builddeb adds the actual distribution name in the changelog
- documentation fixes"
* 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild:
kbuild: trivial - fix the help doc of CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
kbuild: Update documentation of clean-files and clean-dirs
builddeb: Try to determine distribution
builddeb: Update year and git repository URL in debian/copyright
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index a64f3c6e2012..74b6c6d97210 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -752,12 +752,12 @@ generated by kbuild are deleted all over the kernel src tree when Additional files can be specified in kbuild makefiles by use of $(clean-files). Example: - #drivers/pci/Makefile - clean-files := devlist.h classlist.h + #lib/Makefile + clean-files := crc32table.h When executing "make clean", the two files "devlist.h classlist.h" will be deleted. Kbuild will assume files to be in the same relative directory as the -Makefile except if an absolute path is specified (path starting with '/'). +Makefile, except if prefixed with $(objtree). To delete a directory hierarchy use: @@ -765,9 +765,8 @@ To delete a directory hierarchy use: #scripts/package/Makefile clean-dirs := $(objtree)/debian/ -This will delete the directory debian, including all subdirectories. -Kbuild will assume the directories to be in the same relative path as the -Makefile if no absolute path is specified (path does not start with '/'). +This will delete the directory debian in the toplevel directory, including all +subdirectories. To exclude certain files from make clean, use the $(no-clean-files) variable. This is only a special case used in the top level Kbuild file: |