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@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ 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' . This should return your working directory
+to a pristine state.
+
You can specify the installation prefix, as for an autotools build, by
running "scons prefix=<installation_root>". The default value is
"/usr/local". The environment variable DESTDIR also works in the