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authorGary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>2017-10-16 16:07:25 -0700
committerGary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>2017-10-16 16:10:34 -0700
commit05732d5a7bdf8de5761550c49c04638f25141be4 (patch)
treeeede013fdbae4b21c135e2f6be10f002931e2999
parentdfc63a93821db6770419b824e3a61571c1c648a3 (diff)
downloadgpsd-05732d5a7bdf8de5761550c49c04638f25141be4.tar.gz
scons: Document the need to manually remove .sconsign.dblite
If .sconsign.dblite exists then scons may not rebuild everything. So to force scons to rebuilt everything you need to remove that file.
-rw-r--r--build.txt10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/build.txt b/build.txt
index d03b299f..903741e6 100644
--- a/build.txt
+++ b/build.txt
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ To build gpsd for your host platform from source, simply call 'scons'
in a working-directory copy. (Cross-build is described in a later
section.)
-To clean the built files, call 'scons -c' . To clean scons' cache,
-call 'scons sconsclean'. Doing both should return your working directory
-to a near pristine state as far as building is concerned. Some user
-created files may remain, and source code changes will not have been
-reverted..
+To clean the built files, call 'scons -c' . To clean scons' cache, call
+'scons sconsclean'. Run 'rm -f .sconsign.dblite' to clear the scons
+database. Doing all three should return your working directory to a
+near pristine state as far as building is concerned. Some user created
+files may remain, and source code changes will not have been reverted..
You can specify the installation prefix, as for an autotools build, by
running "scons prefix=<installation_root>". The default value is