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Message-Id: <1420724966-20865-1-git-send-email-mmarek@suse.cz>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 14:49:26 +0100
From: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: Update documentation of clean-files and clean-dirs
Commit a16c5f99 (kbuild: Fix removal of the debian/ directory) slightly
changed the processing of the clean-files and clean-dirs variables.
Also, use a current real-world example of clean-files usage.
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
---
Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index a311db8..873db47 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -751,12 +751,12 @@ 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:
@@ -764,9 +764,8 @@ 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:
--
2.1.2
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