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On 06/18/2012 09:40 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:34 PM, j <vwyodapink@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Also, you need to bitbake -c cleanall <your-package> to make bitbake
>>> forget it
>>
>> Isnt bitbake -c cleansstate <your-package> a better method of cleaning a
>> build you want to do again?
>>
>> If not does anyone know what the actual difference is?
> clean - cleans the builddir
> cleansstate - cleans builddir as well as shared state copy of this
> package if any
> cleanall - clean builddir, shared state and the downloaded src tar
> file from DL_DIR
>
> you usually only should need clean in general. cleansstate should be seldom used
> but its preferred to see why cleansstate is needed and if there is
> anything wrong
> with sstate we would like to know.
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Thanks Khem, been wondering that info just had not looked into it as of 
yet. Makes perfect sense now.