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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 4195cb4105..d0ab08336a 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -166,14 +166,15 @@ actually installing them. So that you can distinguish between your ``end-user'' hat and your ``motley'' costume. To that end, all the command-line tools can be used even if you have not -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; it is generated by @command{./configure}). -As an example, here is how you would build the @code{hello} package as -defined in your working tree (this assumes @command{guix-daemon} is -already running on your system; it's OK if it's a different version): +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; it +is generated by running @command{./bootstrap} followed by +@command{./configure}). As an example, here is how you would build the +@code{hello} package as defined in your working tree (this assumes +@command{guix-daemon} is already running on your system; it's OK if it's +a different version): @example $ ./pre-inst-env guix build hello |