Re: 2.5.44: what's .tmp_export-objs for?

[Olaf Dietsche]

Rob Landley <[e-mail]> writes:

> 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?

"make help" lists a bunch of options. I guess, what you're searching
for is "make mrproper" or even "make distclean".

Regards, Olaf.