From 6f406e5d15ce477664dbf5c443c0db59ea3a06ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 09:42:54 +0200 Subject: doc: Developers don't need to run "make install" in Guix. Suggested by Emmanuel Agullo. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention that running "make install" is unnecessary. --- doc/contributing.texi | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 535cfc2a6f..c6b0ca523d 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ more information. 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). We recommend to use the value -@code{/var}. +Store}, for information about this), usually @file{/var}. Note that you +will probably not run @command{make install} at the end (you don't have +to) but it's still important to pass the right @code{localstatedir}. Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything -- cgit v1.2.3