From: H. Peter Anvin Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:49:04 GMT Subject: Re: Does git belong in root's $PATH? Message-ID: <43C02940.9040606@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Maybe it would be best to remove the "vmlinux" dependency from "make > install" (so that "make install" will do exactly that: just install). I > think all the documentation already tells you to do a "make" and then a > "make install". > I would very much agree with this change; it's a nuisance that "make install" can't be cleanly run as root without leaving root turds in the build directory. (Speaking as the person who did the original "make install" patch about 12 years ago.) -hpa