Clarify distutils’ clean command (ref #6142)
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@ -1923,8 +1923,12 @@ Subclasses of :class:`Command` must define the following methods.
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.. module:: distutils.command.clean
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:synopsis: Clean a package build area
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This command removes the temporary files created by :command:`build`
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and its subcommands, like intermediary compiled object files. With
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the ``--all`` option, the complete build directory will be removed.
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.. % todo
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Extension modules built :ref:`in place <distutils-build-ext-inplace>`
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will not be cleaned, as they are not in the build directory.
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:mod:`distutils.command.config` --- Perform package configuration
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@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ universal :option:`--help` option, e.g. ::
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Note that an option spelled :option:`--foo-bar` on the command-line is spelled
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:option:`foo_bar` in configuration files.
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.. _distutils-build-ext-inplace:
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For example, say you want your extensions to be built "in-place"---that is, you
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have an extension :mod:`pkg.ext`, and you want the compiled extension file
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(:file:`ext.so` on Unix, say) to be put in the same source directory as your
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