Since commit 3a475b2166fd ("kbuild: Inform user to pass ARCH= for make mrproper"), if you try out-of-tree build with an unclean source tree, it suggests to run 'make ARCH=<ARCH> mrproper'. This looks odd when you are not cross-compiling the kernel. Show the 'ARCH=<ARCH>' part only when ARCH= was given from the command line. If ARCH is the default (native build) or came from the environment, it should simply suggest 'make mrproper' as before. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index a77102e4ee90..d9cbbc27d4ba 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ ifdef building_out_of_srctree $(Q)if [ -f $(srctree)/.config -o \ -d $(srctree)/include/config -o \ -d $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated ]; then \ - echo >&2 " $(srctree) is not clean, please run 'make ARCH=$(ARCH) mrproper'"; \ + echo >&2 " $(srctree) is not clean, please run 'make$(if $(findstring command line, $(origin ARCH)), ARCH=$(ARCH)) mrproper'"; \ echo >&2 " in the '$(srctree)' directory.";\ /bin/false; \ fi; -- 2.17.1