@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ you can run:
$ bitbake -c listtasks recipename
do_build Default task for a recipe - depends on all other normal tasks required to 'build' a recipe
do_checkuri Validates the SRC_URI value
- do_clean Removes all output files for a target
+ do_clean Removes all output files for a target (``${WORKDIR}``, sstate manifests and stamps)
do_cleanall Removes all output files, shared state cache, and downloaded source files for a target
do_cleansstate Removes all output files and shared state cache for a target
do_compile Compiles the source in the compilation directory
@@ -501,9 +501,10 @@ You can run this task using BitBake as follows::
$ bitbake -c clean recipe
-Running this task does not remove the
-:ref:`sstate <overview-manual/concepts:shared state cache>` cache files.
-Consequently, if no changes have been made and the recipe is rebuilt
+Running this task does remove the ``${``\ :term:`WORKDIR`\ ``}``, the sstate manifests
+and the stamps.
+However, it does not remove the :ref:`sstate <overview-manual/concepts:shared state cache>`
+cache files. Consequently, if no changes have been made and the recipe is rebuilt
after cleaning, output files are simply restored from the sstate cache.
If you want to remove the sstate cache files for the recipe, you need to
use the :ref:`ref-tasks-cleansstate` task instead
The current do_clean task description is generic and does not specify which files will be removed. This branch adds details about the files that are removed by explicitly listing the affected subdirectories. Signed-off-by: anis <anis.bougrine10@gmail.com> --- documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)