[U-Boot] tools/Makefile broken?

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Jan 19 15:06:44 CET 2010


Dear Joakim Tjernlund,

In message <OF6C585F6E.B27CCCC8-ONC12576B0.0049C760-C12576B0.004A1C7B at transmode.se> you wrote:
>
> Answering myself, the symlinks under tools isn't removed, not even a by a distclean.
> Kinda makes sense since now they aren't created anymore. Once needs
> to remove these by hand or do a clean checkout.

It helps to

1) run "make mrproper" before pulling in new versions
2) run "git clean -n -x" to get a list of all files not checked in
3) get used to run out-of-tree builds which makes sure your repository
   remains clean

(or any combination of this)

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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