commit fca1dff218163ffd34d1e9e0b9b244e8c8803601
author Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Mon Apr 24 15:55:27 2006 -0400
committer Sam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org> Sun Apr 30 23:48:03 2006 +0200
tree 15ad03f21c320c9a6f8112321c014bc698eb6b3a
parent c8d8b837ebe4b4f11e1b0c4a2bdc358c697692ed

kbuild: removing .tmp_versions considered harmful

Remove *.mod files but not .tmp_versions for external builds

When "make install" is run as root, .tmp_versions is re-created and
becomes owned by root.  Subsequent "make" run by user fails because
.tmp_versions cannot be removed.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6bf9962..8517f7b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -796,8 +796,8 @@
 prepare1: prepare2 include/linux/version.h include/asm \
                    include/config/MARKER
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODULES),)
-	$(Q)rm -rf $(MODVERDIR)
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR)
+	$(Q)rm -f $(MODVERDIR)/*
 endif
 
 archprepare: prepare1 scripts_basic
@@ -1086,8 +1086,8 @@
 KBUILD_MODULES := 1
 PHONY += crmodverdir
 crmodverdir:
-	$(Q)rm -rf $(MODVERDIR)
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR)
+	$(Q)rm -f $(MODVERDIR)/*
 
 PHONY += $(objtree)/Module.symvers
 $(objtree)/Module.symvers: