From 3a25c63120ccc0176eab8b7e88aa1dfe25acd163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:46:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention --localstatedir for when building from Git. Reported by Hartmut Goebel . * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention --localstatedir. --- doc/contributing.texi | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 91759b677a..208c6af5e8 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ export ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal @xref{Macro Search Path,,, automake, The GNU Automake Manual}, for more information. -Then, run @command{./configure} as usual. +Then, run @command{./configure} as usual. Make sure to pass +@code{--localstatedir=@var{directory}} where @var{directory} is the +@code{localstatedir} value used by your current installation (@pxref{The +Store}, for information about this). -Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests. If anything +Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run 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}.