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Subject: [bug#38455] [PATCH] doc: Mention how to test against make / guix pull
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On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 13:16, Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> wrote:
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> I'm actually not sure about one thing: Does `guix pull` catch the errors
> of `make`?

What is the point of this advice? Check if "guix pull" is broken,
right? I think "guix pull -n --url=foo" does the job, isn't it?

> I believe that make can output useful warnings, which maybe not bother
> `guix pull`, but maybe I'm wrong.

This is another tips? Reading all the points, I feel that another
point about checking the "make" warnings and/or running the test suite
should be added. A good indication is that there is no link to
"Running the Test Suite".

What do you think?