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| author | Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> | 2016-05-02 17:53:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> | 2016-05-02 17:53:40 +0200 |
| commit | c3052d6bcd2193b258fb92b99291a4918931fe36 (patch) | |
| tree | 0e0cbbc019e68f4f1c865b4d2f5e341eb45d96ee /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | 0bfb9b439953b755a510974e51e651f79526a5a4 (diff) | |
| parent | b74f64a960542b0679ab13de0dd28adc496cf084 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/contributing.texi')
| -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}. |