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commit 6f406e5d15ce477664dbf5c443c0db59ea3a06ec
Author: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 8 09:42:54 2020 +0200
doc: Developers don't need to run "make install" in Guix.
Suggested by Emmanuel Agullo.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention that running "make
install" is unnecessary.
---
doc/contributing.texi | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 535cfc2..c6b0ca5 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ 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). We recommend to use the value
-@code{/var}.
+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 check} to run tests
(@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything
