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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1d882afeca..cfb626c705 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Installation * Running the Test Suite:: Testing Guix. * Setting Up the Daemon:: Preparing the build daemon's environment. * Invoking guix-daemon:: Running the build daemon. +* Running Guix Before It Is Installed:: Hacker tricks. Setting Up the Daemon @@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ instead, you want to install the complete GNU operating system, * Running the Test Suite:: Testing Guix. * Setting Up the Daemon:: Preparing the build daemon's environment. * Invoking guix-daemon:: Running the build daemon. +* Running Guix Before It Is Installed:: Hacker tricks. @end menu @node Binary Installation @@ -830,6 +832,44 @@ useful in exceptional circumstances, such as if you need to run several daemons on the same machine. @end table +@node Running Guix Before It Is Installed +@section Running Guix Before It Is Installed + +If you are hacking Guix itself---which is a good idea!---you will find +it useful to test the changes made in your local source tree checkout +without actually installing them. + +To that end, all the command-line tools can be used even if you have not +run @command{make install}. To do that, prefix each command with +@command{./pre-inst-env} (the @file{pre-inst-env} script lives in the +top build tree of Guix), as in: + +@example +$ sudo ./pre-inst-env guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild +$ ./pre-inst-env guix build hello +@end example + +@noindent +Similarly, for a Guile session using the Guix modules: + +@example +$ ./pre-inst-env guile -c '(use-modules (guix utils)) (pk (%current-system))' +@end example + +The @command{pre-inst-env} script sets up all the environment variables +necessary to support this, including @code{PATH} and +@code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH}. + +If you are hacking Guix from Emacs using the wonderful Geiser +(@pxref{Introduction,,, geiser, Geiser User Manual}), make sure to +augment Guile's load path so that it finds source files from your +checkout: + +@lisp +;; Assuming the Guix checkout is in ~/src/guix. +(add-to-list 'geiser-guile-load-path "~/src/guix") +@end lisp + @c ********************************************************************* @node Package Management @@ -6215,7 +6255,8 @@ creating packages. For more information on package definitions, Once a package definition is in place, stored in a file in the Guix source tree, it can be tested using the @command{guix build} command (@pxref{Invoking guix build}). For example, assuming the new package is -called @code{gnew}, you may run this command from the Guix build tree: +called @code{gnew}, you may run this command from the Guix build tree +(@pxref{Running Guix Before It Is Installed}): @example ./pre-inst-env guix build gnew --keep-failed |