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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/build.xml b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
index 9d992b2dc96..a1885e33fd0 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.16 2005/11/03 19:29:54 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.17 2005/11/04 11:55:31 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="build">
<title>The build process</title>
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ package.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><varname>WRKDIR</varname> (read-only)</term>
<listitem><para>This is an absolute pathname pointing to the directory
-where all work takes place. This directory typically contains temporary
-directories used by the various pkgsrc frameworks, like
-<emphasis>buildlink</emphasis> or the
-<emphasis>wrappers</emphasis>.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+where all work takes place. The distfiles are extraced to this
+directory. It also contains temporary directories and log files used by
+the various pkgsrc frameworks, like <emphasis>buildlink</emphasis> or
+the <emphasis>wrappers</emphasis>.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><varname>WRKSRC</varname> (read-write)</term>
<listitem><para>This is an absolute pathname pointing to the directory