Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 3:44 PM, <waben...@gmail.com> wrote: >> walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> [...] >>> Then, after I figured out that CONFIG_USER_NS is a kernel config item, >>> requiring reinstallation of my kernel, I wasted more time figuring out >>> (for the n'th time) that you shouldn't just change a single kernel >>> config item and do "make" because that shortcut can break important >>> things. >>> >>> No, you should do "make clean" first, and then do "make" etc. >> [...] >> >> I haven't done a "make clean" for years when I compiled a kernel and I >> never had any problems. > Then you have not made any critical config changes, or you have been very > lucky. > >
Then so have I. I have changed one thing a lot of times over the years, run make and it work fine. Most of the time, it is when emerge spits out that a option is needed for a package to work. Honestly, this is the first time I recall hearing this should even be done. Dale :-) :-)
