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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-11-16 23:16:05 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-11-16 23:16:05 +0100
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doc: Mention that ./pre-inst-env is generated.
Suggested by swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Mention that ./pre-inst-env is generated.
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@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ run @code{make install}. To do that, you first need to have an environment
with all the dependencies available (@pxref{Building from Git}), and then
simply prefix each command with
@command{./pre-inst-env} (the @file{pre-inst-env} script lives in the
-top build tree of Guix), as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to
+top build tree of Guix; it is generated by @command{./configure}),
+as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to
@command{sudo} guarantees that @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} is correctly set
such that @command{guix-daemon} and the tools it uses can find the Guile
modules they need.}: