On Thursday 30 November 2006 08:01, Dave Jones wrote: >On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 07:58:37AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > >sudo make modules_install > > >sudo make install > > > > > >That's all you need to do. > > > > Don't forget sudo mkinitrd, it won't run unless by root. :) > >make install does that for you > I haven't done a "make install" in quite a while as it managed to trash me to the extent I had to boot in rescue mode from a cd and fix it. Several times in years past. So my script does all its own copying and linking chores. Generally, barring typu's in my script editing as the versions change, it Just Works(TM). I first wrote this script back about RH6.1, and have tried to keep it up2date with the new methods, which is why I'm asking for directions here. > > My script starts with a make clean for correctness. How would/does > > ccache work? > >timestamps and checksums of the source files (to find out if they > changed since the last build) and a cache of compiled objects in > ~/.ccache/ That dir doesn't exist here except in /root, and that listing doesn't indicate its useful to me. Is this some utility I need to install to enable it? To me, it would make more sense to keep it as a subdir in the src tree. But maybe I'm just being jurrasic too. > Dave -- Cheers Dave & thanks, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
