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@@ -7670,6 +7670,25 @@ Some notes from Cal:
7670 </para> 7670 </para>
7671 </section> 7671 </section>
7672 7672
7673 <section id='dev-saving-memory-during-a-build'>
7674 <title>Conserving Disk Space During Builds</title>
7675
7676 <para>
7677 To help conserve disk space during builds, you can add the
7678 following statement to your project's
7679 <filename>local.conf</filename> configuration file found in the
7680 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>:
7681 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
7682 INHERIT += "rm_work"
7683 </literallayout>
7684 Adding this statement deletes the work directory used for building
7685 a recipe once the recipe is built.
7686 For more information on "rm_work", see the
7687 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-rm-work'><filename>rm_work</filename></ulink>
7688 class in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
7689 </para>
7690 </section>
7691
7673 <section id='building-a-tiny-system'> 7692 <section id='building-a-tiny-system'>
7674 <title>Building a Tiny System</title> 7693 <title>Building a Tiny System</title>
7675 7694