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| author | Guix Together <jgart@dismail.de> | 2021-12-16 01:46:50 -0500 |
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| committer | Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> | 2022-01-28 10:15:26 +0100 |
| commit | 2f21931833274fb4760cb82203495fab5991877f (patch) | |
| tree | c82a180493f1881e088ca35f96fb749251c45367 | |
| parent | 087ad097da798b2a019b7b469699b09b116d7d74 (diff) | |
| download | guix-2f21931833274fb4760cb82203495fab5991877f.tar.gz | |
doc: Mention how to remedy "source file ... newer than compiled error".
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Mention how to remedy "source file ... newer than compiled" error by running `make -j`. Co-authored-by: jgart <jgart@dismail.de> Co-authored-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> Co-authored-by: Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com> Co-authored-by: Blake Shaw <blake@nonconstructivism.com> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index f258d79bd2..196ac48879 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -243,6 +243,24 @@ local source tree; it simply updates the @file{~/.config/guix/current} symlink (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}). Run @command{git pull} instead if you want to upgrade your local source tree. +Sometimes, especially if you have recently updated your repository, +running @command{./pre-inst-env} will print a message similar to the +following example: + +@example +;;; note: source file /home/user/projects/guix/guix/progress.scm +;;; newer than compiled /home/user/projects/guix/guix/progress.go +@end example + +This is only a note and you can safely ignore it. You can get rid of +the message by running @command{make -j4}. Until you do, Guile will run +slightly slower because it will interpret the code instead of using +prepared Guile object (@file{.go}) files. + +You can run @command{make} automatically as you work using +@command{watchexec} from the @code{watchexec} package. For example, +to build again each time you update a package file, you can run +@samp{watchexec -w gnu/packages make -j4}. @node The Perfect Setup @section The Perfect Setup |