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========
Glossary
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.. glossary::
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object directory
A directory holding the output of the build system. The build
system attempts to isolate all file modifications to this
directory. By convention, object directories are commonly
directories under the source directory prefixed with **obj-**.
e.g. **obj-firefox**.
mozconfig
A shell script used to configure the build system.
configure
A generated shell script which detects the current system
environment, applies a requested set of build configuration
options, and writes out metadata to be consumed by the build
system.
config.status
An executable file produced by **configure** that takes the
generated build config and writes out files used to build the
tree. Traditionally, config.status writes out a bunch of
Makefiles.