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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2016-01-01 00:19:43 -0500
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2016-01-01 00:19:43 -0500
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Merge pull request #2614 from reaperhulk/doc-wheel-cache
add a small note about clearing the wheel cache
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@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ to include the proper locations. For example:
C:\> set INCLUDE=C:\OpenSSL-win64\include;%INCLUDE%
C:\> pip install cryptography
+If you need to rebuild ``cryptography`` for any reason be sure to clear the
+local `wheel cache`_.
.. _build-on-linux:
@@ -227,6 +229,9 @@ You can also build cryptography statically:
$ sudo port install openssl
$ env CRYPTOGRAPHY_OSX_NO_LINK_FLAGS=1 LDFLAGS="/opt/local/lib/libssl.a /opt/local/lib/libcrypto.a" CFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" pip install cryptography
+If you need to rebuild ``cryptography`` for any reason be sure to clear the
+local `wheel cache`_.
+
Building cryptography with conda
--------------------------------
@@ -257,3 +262,4 @@ information, consult `Greg Wilson's blog post`_ on the subject.
.. _`Greg Wilson's blog post`: http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2014/04/mr-biczo-was-right.html
.. _virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
.. _openssl.org: https://openssl.org/source/
+.. _`wheel cache`: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#caching