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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 91a87ef2dd..c55eb63382 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.}: @@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ as timestamps or randomly-generated output in the build result. Another option is to use @command{guix challenge} (@pxref{Invoking guix challenge}). You may run it once the package has been committed and -built by @code{hydra.gnu.org} to check whether it obtains the same +built by @code{@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}} to check whether it obtains the same result as you did. Better yet: Find another machine that can build it and run @command{guix publish}. Since the remote build machine is likely different from yours, this can catch non-determinism issues |