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author | Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> | 2023-09-11 19:56:12 +0300 |
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committer | Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> | 2023-09-22 08:54:18 +0300 |
commit | f4a0e472a949bfb91b85ec0612efdeabb9c60c56 (patch) | |
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doc: contributing: Clarify generating the pre-inst-env script.
Lack of clarity reported by lrustland on IRC.
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Refer to
the Building from Git section when giving instructions for generating
the pre-inst-env script.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 4de659c7ed..ce4b9db366 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -210,12 +210,11 @@ To that end, all the command-line tools can be used even if you have not 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; it -is generated by running @command{./bootstrap} followed by -@command{./configure}). As an example, here is how you would build the -@code{hello} package as defined in your working tree (this assumes -@command{guix-daemon} is already running on your system; it's OK if it's -a different version): +(the @file{pre-inst-env} script lives in the top build tree of Guix; +@pxref{Building from Git} to generate it). As an example, here is how you +would build the @code{hello} package as defined in your working tree (this +assumes @command{guix-daemon} is already running on your system; it's OK if +it's a different version): @example $ ./pre-inst-env guix build hello |