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authoranatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>2014-07-05 12:56:20 +0300
committeranatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>2014-07-05 12:56:20 +0300
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doc: Update revised SConf description
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diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py
index dd93269a..d6a70ec0 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
Autoconf-like configuration support.
-In other words, this package allows to run series of tests to detect
-capabilities of current system and generate config files (header files
-in C/C++) that turn on system-specific options and optimizations.
-
-For example, it is possible to detect if optional libraries are present
-on current system and generate config that makes compiler include them.
-C compilers do not have ability to catch ImportError if some library is
-not found, so these checks should be done externally.
+In other words, SConf allows to run tests on the build machine to detect
+capabilities of system and do some things based on result: generate config
+files, header files for C/C++, update variables in environment.
+
+Tests on the build system can detect if compiler sees header files, if
+libraries are installed, if some command line options are supported etc.
+
"""
#