From bca6396749492ea9f48b4bc31054d986e31b3e52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:16:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention that ./pre-inst-env is generated. Suggested by swedebugia . * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Mention that ./pre-inst-env is generated. --- doc/contributing.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 91a87ef2dd..7417f28d14 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ run @code{make install}. To do that, you first need to have an environment with all the dependencies available (@pxref{Building from Git}), and then simply prefix each command with @command{./pre-inst-env} (the @file{pre-inst-env} script lives in the -top build tree of Guix), as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to +top build tree of Guix; it is generated by @command{./configure}), +as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to @command{sudo} guarantees that @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} is correctly set such that @command{guix-daemon} and the tools it uses can find the Guile modules they need.}: