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| author | Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> | 2017-10-16 16:07:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> | 2017-10-16 16:10:34 -0700 |
| commit | 05732d5a7bdf8de5761550c49c04638f25141be4 (patch) | |
| tree | eede013fdbae4b21c135e2f6be10f002931e2999 /build.txt | |
| parent | dfc63a93821db6770419b824e3a61571c1c648a3 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-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.
Diffstat (limited to 'build.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | build.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -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 |