<para>
Configures the source by enabling and disabling any build-time and
configuration options for the software being built.
+ The task runs with the current working directory set to
+ <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-B'><filename>B</filename></link><filename>}</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The default behavior of this task is to run
+ <filename>oe_runmake clean</filename> if a makefile
+ (<filename>Makefile</filename>, <filename>makefile</filename>,
+ or <filename>GNUmakefile</filename>) is found and
+ <link linkend='var-CLEANBROKEN'><filename>CLEANBROKEN</filename></link>
+ is not set to "1".
+ If no such file is found or the <filename>CLEANBROKEN</filename>
+ variable is set to "1", the <filename>do_configure</filename>
+ task does nothing.
</para>
</section>