5 messages in com.xensource.lists.xen-develRe: [Xen-devel] latest make world
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James Harper26 Jun 2004 21:11 
Ian Pratt27 Jun 2004 00:51 
James Harper27 Jun 2004 01:24 
Ian Pratt27 Jun 2004 01:36 
James Harper27 Jun 2004 03:39 
Subject:Re: [Xen-devel] latest make world
From:Ian Pratt (Ian.@cl.cam.ac.uk)
Date:06/27/2004 01:36:39 AM
List:com.xensource.lists.xen-devel

hmmm... i didn't check install/lib/modules/... but make install took quite a
while, and was definitely compiling modules. is it possible that make install
could be recompiling them?

The linux build system is pretty broken and during the build process it touches something which causes it to think certain files need to be rebuilt next time round. It takes a couple of builds before it reaches a fixed point. "make install" checks that everything is up to date, which does cause some parts of the linux tree to needlessly rebuild. The 2.6 build system is supposed to be rather more sane in this respect...

Not our bug, honest ;-)

Ian

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