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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-04-16 00:46:59 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-04-16 00:52:19 +0200
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doc: Mention --localstatedir for when building from Git.
Reported by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention --localstatedir.
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 91759b677a..208c6af5e8 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ export ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal
@xref{Macro Search Path,,, automake, The GNU Automake Manual}, for
more information.
-Then, run @command{./configure} as usual.
+Then, run @command{./configure} as usual. Make sure to pass
+@code{--localstatedir=@var{directory}} where @var{directory} is the
+@code{localstatedir} value used by your current installation (@pxref{The
+Store}, for information about this).
-Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests. If anything
+Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests
+(@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything
fails, take a look at installation instructions (@pxref{Installation})
or send a message to the @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org, mailing list}.