mv: cannot overwrite directory src/buildroot/build_i386/..

[tcma]

I downloaded buildroot.gz from http://www.uclibc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot
by clicking "Download tarball".

run make:

...
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/parisc/registers
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/parisc/IODC.txt
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/parisc/debugging
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/cris/
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/cris/README
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/SAK.txt
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/mips/
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/mips/time.README
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/mips/GT64120.README
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/mips/pci/
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/mips/pci/pci.README
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/power/
linux-2.4.27/Documentation/power/pci.txt
# Rename the dir from the downloaded version to the AFTER patch version
mv -f /home/tcma/src/buildroot/build_i386/linux-2.4.27 /home/tcma/src/buildroot/build_i386/linux-2.4.27-tcma
mv: cannot overwrite directory `/home/tcma/src/buildroot/build_i386/linux-2.4.27-tcma/linux-2.4.27'
make: *** [/home/tcma/src/buildroot/build_i386/linux-2.4.27-tcma/.unpacked] Error 1

[LucaSpiller]

Here are a couple of tips - they are just general compiling / *nix tips so may not help with your specific problem.

Check that nothing is accessing the directory (even just a bash terminal cded to that directory will cause problems), and then try renaming it - if you still get an error something it still acessing it.

If that doesn't help try a "make clean" - this will just remove anything that has been compiled before to do with the kernel, run it in /usr/src/linux or wherever the kernel source it (it **shouldn't** affect your config files).
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