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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2023-05-07 21:28:59 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2023-05-07 21:51:27 -0400
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doc: Add some information/recommendation regarding --sysconfdir.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention sysconfdir along
localstatedir.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
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@@ -135,9 +135,11 @@ Then, run:
 
 @noindent
 ... where @file{/var} is the normal @code{localstatedir} value
-(@pxref{The Store}, for information about this).  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}.
+(@pxref{The Store}, for information about this) and @file{/etc} is the
+normal @code{sysconfdir} value.  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} and @code{sysconfdir}
+values, which get recorded in the @code{(guix config)} Guile module.
 
 Finally, you can build Guix and, if you feel so inclined, run the tests
 (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}):