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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