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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-04-16 00:46:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-04-16 00:52:19 +0200 |
| commit | 3a25c63120ccc0176eab8b7e88aa1dfe25acd163 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e081681c11cfef67bbbb118bdc29b304fab5b7f | |
| parent | e0b3f97ecc3dc62aac009e21890cead7f7ff2c10 (diff) | |
doc: Mention --localstatedir for when building from Git.
Reported by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention --localstatedir.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 91759b677a..208c6af5e8 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ export ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal @xref{Macro Search Path,,, automake, The GNU Automake Manual}, for more information. -Then, run @command{./configure} as usual. +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). -Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests. If anything +Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests +(@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything fails, take a look at installation instructions (@pxref{Installation}) or send a message to the @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org, mailing list}. |