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authorzimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>2019-11-06 19:35:54 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-11-09 23:04:14 +0100
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doc: Mention value /var to localstatedir option.
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): Mention value /var to localstatedir option. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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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).
+Store}, for information about this). We recommend to use the value
+@code{/var}.
Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests
(@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything