diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/distutils/apiref.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/distutils/configfile.rst | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst index d70d13f..9853f02 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst @@ -1934,8 +1934,12 @@ Subclasses of :class:`Command` must define the following methods. .. module:: distutils.command.clean :synopsis: Clean a package build area +This command removes the temporary files created by :command:`build` +and its subcommands, like intermediary compiled object files. With +the ``--all`` option, the complete build directory will be removed. -.. % todo +Extension modules built :ref:`in place <distutils-build-ext-inplace>` +will not be cleaned, as they are not in the build directory. :mod:`distutils.command.config` --- Perform package configuration diff --git a/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst b/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst index 890047c..ac79671 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ universal :option:`--help` option, e.g. :: Note that an option spelled :option:`--foo-bar` on the command-line is spelled :option:`foo_bar` in configuration files. +.. _distutils-build-ext-inplace: + For example, say you want your extensions to be built "in-place"---that is, you have an extension :mod:`pkg.ext`, and you want the compiled extension file (:file:`ext.so` on Unix, say) to be put in the same source directory as your |