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Expand Up @@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ upstream sources exists in $(DISTDIR), it will be used; the default location
is /var/cache/distfiles. Your computer will need about 8 GiB of disk space to
complete the process.

### Clean Installation

It is recommended to do clean builds to avoid problems with outdated stamp
files. This can be done with the following commands where `$RISCV` is the
install path used by the previous build:

rm -r $RISCV
git clean -fXd

`configure` can then be rerun.

Partial rebuilds can be done by deleting the respective files in `stamps/` and
rerunning `make` but is not recommended if the sources have changed due to
possible interdependencies of the steps.

### Installation (Newlib)

To build the Newlib cross-compiler, pick an install path (that is writeable).
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