Rewrite scanner logic

[fdroidserver.git] / docs / fdroid.texi

diff --git a/docs/fdroid.texi b/docs/fdroid.texi
index 0c9f95f8f84934bacd6cccb1e41a0cf480d722cd..af58c0bb2ef73da6933ae25417c097005e8a599e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/fdroid.texi
+++ b/docs/fdroid.texi
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ vagrant-cachier plugin (unpackaged): `vagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier`
 Paramiko (debian package python-paramiko)
 @item
 Imaging (debian package python-imaging)
-@item
-Magic (debian package python-magic)
 @end itemize
 
 On the other hand, if you want to build the apps directly on your system
@@ -980,8 +978,13 @@ When scanning the source tree for problems, matching files whose relative
 paths start with any of the paths given here are ignored.
 
 @item scandelete=<path1>[,<path2>,...]
-Similar to scanignore=, but instead of ignoring files under the given paths,
-it tells f-droid to delete the matching files directly.
+When running the scan process, any files that trigger errors - like binaries -
+will be removed. It acts just like scanignore=, but instead of ignoring the
+files, it removes them.
+
+Useful when a source code repository includes binaries or other unwanted files
+which are not needed for the build. Instead of removing them manually via rm=,
+using scandelete= is easier.
 
 @item build=xxxx
 As for 'prebuild', but runs during the actual build phase (but before the