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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 68d8e7e2fb..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.}: @@ -468,6 +469,14 @@ Please follow our code formatting rules, possibly running the @command{etc/indent-code.el} script to do that automatically for you (@pxref{Formatting Code}). +@item +When possible, use mirrors in the source URL (@pxref{Invoking guix download}). +Use reliable URLs, not generated ones. For instance, GitHub archives are not +necessarily identical from one generation to the next, so in this case it's +often better to clone the repository. Don't use the @command{name} field in +the URL: it is not very useful and if the name changes, the URL will probably +be wrong. + @end enumerate When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as |