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This commit clarifies that they are configure flags. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Explicitly mention --localstatedir and --sysconfdir configure flags. Change-Id: I3e6edbbc1f2a342196e732e14257dbdf9a3f4303 --- doc/contributing.texi | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) base-commit: a9c33e9f688fce88aed610ab04c650efb71b4ce6 diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index acdc303be6..d397410abe 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -240,12 +240,13 @@ Building from Git @end example @noindent -... where @file{/var} is the normal @code{localstatedir} value -(@pxref{The Store}, for information about this) and @file{/etc} is the -normal @code{sysconfdir} value. 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} and @code{sysconfdir} -values, which get recorded in the @code{(guix config)} Guile module. +Optionally, @code{--localstatedir} and @code{--sysconfdir} can also be +provided as arguments. By default, @code{localstatedir} is @file{/var} +(@pxref{The Store}, for information about this) and @code{sysconfdir} is +@file{/etc}. 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} and @code{sysconfdir} values, which get +recorded in the @code{(guix config)} Guile module. Finally, you can build Guix and, if you feel so inclined, run the tests (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}):