From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Add footnote about pointing ~/.config/guix/latest at user's checkout Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:40:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87r3fhyt6n.fsf@gnu.org> References: <56E15AF6.5040806@zwets.com> <87egbi1aoh.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41095) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOEa-0004ty-CA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:40:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOEV-0006ul-A9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:40:08 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87egbi1aoh.fsf@dustycloud.org> (Christopher Allan Webber's message of "Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:53:50 -0800") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Christopher Allan Webber Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Christopher Allan Webber skribis: > From 96a7b39ae17f5628bdebec95630af722e1b11561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Christopher Allan Webber > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:52:18 -0800 > Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add footnote about pointing ~/.config/guix/latest at > user's checkout > > * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): New footnote. > --- > doc/contributing.texi | 8 +++++++- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi > index 3dbd3db..2e13ee3 100644 > --- a/doc/contributing.texi > +++ b/doc/contributing.texi > @@ -140,7 +140,13 @@ necessary to support this, including @env{PATH} and @env{GUILE_LOAD_PATH}. > Note that @command{./pre-inst-env guix pull} does @emph{not} upgrade the > local source tree; it simply updates the @file{~/.config/guix/latest} > symlink (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}). Run @command{git pull} instead if > -you want to upgrade your local source tree. > +you want to upgrade your local source tree.@footnote{If you would like > +to set up @command{guix} to use your git checkout, you can point the > +@file{~/.config/guix/latest} symlink to your git checkout directory. OK with s/git/Git/, thanks! Ludo'.