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authorJesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>2006-09-24 14:01:08 +0200
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@neptun.ravnborg.org>2006-09-25 20:21:54 +0200
commit5cc8d246d0ebbdf827d4bb7c3de175377d244d73 (patch)
tree172d28d1a8add538ef1389b7372b24c0fc0c9861 /Makefile
parent5026b38cd2cd98e65f34cc6b079d5a155eae5881 (diff)
downloadlinux-5cc8d246d0ebbdf827d4bb7c3de175377d244d73.tar.gz
kbuild: add distclean info to 'make help' and more details for 'clean'
Add distclean info, that was previously missing, to 'make help'.
Also add a few more details to the 'make clean' help text.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Makefile')
-rw-r--r--Makefile5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 241fed3a74a6..fce530a66e33 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1086,9 +1086,10 @@ boards := $(notdir $(boards))
 
 help:
 	@echo  'Cleaning targets:'
-	@echo  '  clean		  - remove most generated files but keep the config'
+	@echo  '  clean		  - remove most generated files but keep the config and'
+	@echo  '                    enough build support to build external modules'
 	@echo  '  mrproper	  - remove all generated files + config + various backup files'
-	@echo  '  distclean	  - mrproper + patch files'
+	@echo  '  distclean	  - mrproper + remove editor backup and patch files'
 	@echo  ''
 	@echo  'Configuration targets:'
 	@$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/Makefile help