From bca6396749492ea9f48b4bc31054d986e31b3e52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:16:05 +0100
Subject: 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.
---
doc/contributing.texi | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
(limited to 'doc')
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 91a87ef2dd..7417f28d14 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -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.}:
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