2.5.44: what's .tmp_export-objs for?

Rob Landley (landley@trommello.org)
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:54:16 -0500

I accidentally did a 2.5.44 kernel build as root rather than my normal user,
so I'm trying to see what clean steps I need to so (as root) to be able to
build the tree again. A normal make clean failed (permission denied deleting
files), so I did an su and a make clean. Exit back to normal user, make
clean, life is good, do a make dep, and it complains about the directory
.tmp_export-objs.

1) Why does the build process use a hidden directory?

2) Why isn't make clean removing something with "tmp" in the name?

Just curious,

Rob

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