On Tuesday 2015-01-27 23:32, Linus Torvalds wrote: >On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Sometimes I wish `make modules_install` would run the compile stage as well.. >> just like `make install` does in autotooled projects. > >You should *never* compile things as root. I certainly agree with you on that. So perhaps make throwing an error instead would be helpful here - "hey there are uncompiled things left, modules_install would give you nonmatching files". >Sadly, I seem to be alone in my hatred of automake/configure/etc. (Look no further than netdev if you need company.) There are certainly points where it does not excel; however, in a distribution where we have to deal with not just one idiosyncratic build system, but 15+, it is the preferred choice to have especially if and when it comes down having to edit the build instructions for one reason or another. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
