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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 3 |
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 91a87ef2dd..7417f28d14 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ 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), as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to +top build tree of Guix; it is generated by @command{./configure}), +as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to @command{sudo} guarantees that @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} is correctly set such that @command{guix-daemon} and the tools it uses can find the Guile modules they need.}: |