*** ltib.~1.91.~	2013-06-22 10:50:13.000000000 -0400
--- ltib	2013-07-29 15:35:05.723931604 -0400
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      help         => 0,
      clobber      => 0,
      need_frb     => 0
+     remove_dev_files => 0,
  };
  
  use strict 'vars';
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          --batch|b     : batch mode, assume yes to all questions
          --force|f     : force rebuilds even if they are up to date
          --clobber|K   : clobber a package build source if its specfile is updated
+         --remove_dev_files : remove *.dev files in platform to force
+                              using default configuration
          --reinstall|e : re-install rpms (but don't force rebuild)
          --erase|E     : remove (erase) rpm
          --nodeps|n    : turn off install/uninstall dependency checks
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          "batch|b"    => \$cf->{batch},
          "force|f"    => \$cf->{force},
          "clobber|K"  => \$cf->{clobber},
+         "remove_dev_files"  => \$cf->{remove_dev_files},
          "reinstall|e"=> \$cf->{reinstall},
          "erase|E"    => \$cf->{erase},
          "nodeps|n"   => \$cf->{nodeps},
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  # get/set the platform directory
  $cf->{plat_dir} = get_plat_dir() or die;
  
+ # if remove_dev_files then clean out all files in config that end in .dev
+ # to prevent them from overriding the configuration we have
+ if( $cf->{remove_dev_files} ) {
+     print "Removing all .dev files in $cf->{plat_dir}\n";
+     system_nb("rm -rf $cf->{plat_dir}/*.dev");
+ }
+ 
  my @rl = build_root_list();
  foreach my $n (reverse @rl) {
      print "\nProcessing root number: ", $n+1, " of ", $#rl+1, "\n",