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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.}: