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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 996bae3909..a66f5374b9 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -32,23 +32,36 @@ the installation instructions (@pxref{Requirements}). @item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/, GNU Help2man (optional)}. @end itemize -Run @command{./bootstrap} to download the Nix daemon source code and to -generate the build system infrastructure using autoconf. It reports an -error if an inappropriate version of the above packages is being used. +The easiest way to set up a development environment for Guix is, of +course, by using Guix! The following command starts a new shell where +all the dependencies and appropriate environment variables are set up to +hack on Guix: -@noindent -If you get an error like this one: +@example +guix environment guix +@end example + +@xref{Invoking guix environment}, for more information on that command. +Extra dependencies can be added with @option{--ad-hoc}: + +@example +guix environment guix --ad-hoc help2man git strace +@end example + +Run @command{./bootstrap} to generate the build system infrastructure +using Autoconf and Automake. If you get an error like this one: @example configure.ac:46: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CHECK_MODULES @end example +@noindent it probably means that Autoconf couldn’t find @file{pkg.m4}, which is -provided by @command{pkg-config}. Make sure that @file{pkg.m4} is -available. For instance, if you installed Automake in -@file{/usr/local}, it wouldn’t look for @file{.m4} files in -@file{/usr/share}. So you have to invoke the following command in that -case +provided by pkg-config. Make sure that @file{pkg.m4} is available. The +same holds for the @file{guile.m4} set of macros provided by Guile. For +instance, if you installed Automake in @file{/usr/local}, it wouldn’t +look for @file{.m4} files in @file{/usr/share}. In that case, you have +to invoke the following command: @example export ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal |