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authorPierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>2019-12-02 10:13:39 +0100
committerPierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>2019-12-08 16:32:34 +0100
commitbf99d7e0e2e79935b6748afa059e7392d8e110c8 (patch)
treeb5380ee6e6dbbe9281cc77d9808c63eeadde7423 /doc
parent936788686faf35197550f7ded56f6e7bd5057096 (diff)
downloadguix-bf99d7e0e2e79935b6748afa059e7392d8e110c8.tar.gz
doc: Mention how to rebuild guix before submitting patches.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention rebuild command in the
  check list.
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@@ -961,6 +961,13 @@ often better to clone the repository.  Don't use the @command{name} field in
 the URL: it is not very useful and if the name changes, the URL will probably
 be wrong.
 
+@item
+See if Guix builds with
+@example
+guix environment --pure guix -- make
+@end example
+and look for warnings, especially those about use of undefined symbols.
+
 @end enumerate
 
 When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as