From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53187) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ibhoK-0005Rp-Cg for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:16:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ibhoI-0007uc-D5 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:16:03 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59344) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ibhoI-0007uM-A4 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:16:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ibhoI-0002NR-5T for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:16:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#38455] [PATCH] doc: Mention how to test against make / guix pull breakage. Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ibhoB-0005Kl-Mf for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:15:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ibho9-0007nF-MV for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:15:55 -0500 Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:35563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ibho9-0007lD-G1 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:15:53 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (lfbn-1-4156-76.w92-169.abo.wanadoo.fr [92.169.151.76]) (Authenticated sender: mail@ambrevar.xyz) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7D828FF806 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2019 09:15:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Pierre Neidhardt Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 10:15:50 +0100 Message-Id: <20191202091550.15132-1-mail@ambrevar.xyz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 38455@debbugs.gnu.org * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention commands in the check list. --- doc/contributing.texi | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index ee72b2f94d..04a4ba3e1a 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -961,6 +961,16 @@ 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. +@item +Make sure your changes do not break Guix: rebuild it with +@example +guix environment guix -- make +@end example +and simulate a @code{guix pull} with +@example +guix pull --url=/path/to/your/checkout --dry-run +@end example + @end enumerate When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as -- 2.23.0