On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:30:52 +0200
Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade
> 
> 
>       Sanitize sources
> 
> If you just want to rebuild the current kernel, you need sometimes to
> sanitize the kernel sources:
> 
> |root # ||make distclean|

This has now been updated to reflect this ML thread.

> Interesting option. Wish it had said it would nuke my .config as well.
> Just finished setting it up. Thought I'd follow the advice given
> before rebuilding the kernel. Should've backed up the .config file
> prior to running 'make distclean'.
> 
> Lesson learnt. :'(

Yeah, you will only want to run this if you really need to run it; in
common, just starting from `make` after having done configuration
changes suffice. You only really need a distclean with a broken build.

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