From: Rostislav Svoboda <rostislav.svoboda@gmail.com>
To: 51868@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Rostislav Svoboda <Rostislav.Svoboda@gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#51868] [PATCH] doc: Improve wording for param spec of `./configure`.
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:10:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211115131019.13656-1-Rostislav.Svoboda@gmail.com> (raw)
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Writing "Do
<this>. But it won't work unless ..." is a bad practice.
---
doc/contributing.texi | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index db0f836157..aa6bfc2e65 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ Building from Git
@xref{Macro Search Path,,, automake, The GNU Automake Manual}, for
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), 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}.
+Then, run @command{./configure --localstatedir=@var{directory}}, where
+@var{directory} is the @code{localstatedir} value used by your current
+installation (@pxref{The 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 && make check} to build Guix and
run the tests (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything fails, take
--
2.33.1
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2021-11-15 13:10 Rostislav Svoboda [this message]
2021-11-17 16:11 ` bug#51868: [PATCH] doc: Improve wording for param spec of `./configure` Ludovic Courtès
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