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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index c3d41e231f..207efc4ee6 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -98,8 +98,14 @@ shell}: guix shell -D guix help2man git strace --pure @end example -Run @command{./bootstrap} to generate the build system infrastructure -using Autoconf and Automake. If you get an error like this one: +From there you can generate the build system infrastructure +using Autoconf and Automake: + +@example +./bootstrap +@end example + +If you get an error like this one: @example configure.ac:46: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CHECK_MODULES @@ -120,17 +126,30 @@ export ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal @xref{Macro Search Path,,, automake, The GNU Automake Manual}, for more information. -Then, run @command{./configure --localstatedir=@var{directory}}, where -@var{directory} is the @code{localstatedir} value used by your current -installation (@pxref{The Store}, for information about this), usually -@file{/var}. 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}. - -Finally, you have to invoke @code{make && make check} to build Guix and -run the tests (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything fails, take -a look at installation instructions (@pxref{Installation}) or send a -message to the @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org, mailing list}. +Then, run: + +@example +./configure --localstatedir=/var +@end example + +@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}. + +Finally, you can build Guix and, if you feel so inclined, run the tests +(@pxref{Running the Test Suite}): + +@example +make +make check +@end example + +@noindent +If anything fails, take a look at installation instructions +(@pxref{Installation}) or send a message to the +@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org, mailing list}. From there on, you can authenticate all the commits included in your checkout by running: |