this doesn't seem right: distclean: mrproper @find $(srctree) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \ \( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \ ... doesn't that mean that "make distclean" will invariably try to clean the source tree, even if you've specified "O="? it certainly seems that way. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html