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authorGary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>2015-04-01 10:48:01 -0700
committerGary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>2015-04-01 10:48:01 -0700
commit78927c561670869c8152466dd39d7f8f078e9bb5 (patch)
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Clarify scons clean and sconsclean.
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@@ -192,8 +192,10 @@ 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' . This should return your working directory
-to a pristine state.
+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..
You can specify the installation prefix, as for an autotools build, by
running "scons prefix=<installation_root>". The default value is