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commit d08d7c6e5f640ceba4e84ca950fb771b4c5c1117 Author: Hugo Buddelmeijer <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Tue Dec 23 12:10:54 2025 +0100 doc: Better explain extra development tools when building from git. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Better explain adding tools. Change-Id: I47fb9e5414edc5eebce64d25db6998cc51985fcb Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> Merges: #4821 Signed-off-by: Rutherther <[email protected]> --- doc/contributing.texi | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 538489b079..a46618b41b 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ installation instructions (@pxref{Requirements}). @item @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/, GNU Help2man (optional)}. @end itemize -On Guix, extra dependencies can be added by instead running @command{guix -shell}: +On Guix, other development tools, like @code{strace}, can be included by +giving them as extra arguments to @command{guix shell}: @example -guix shell -D guix help2man git strace --pure +guix shell -D guix -CPW strace @end example From there you can generate the build system infrastructure
