~ruther/guix-local

8d472e9314052403ad548f92ca6c10f9c961a087 — Ludovic Courtès 4 years ago cfa6fdc
doc: Move build commands to @example for clarity.

* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Tweak so that all the
commands appear in @example boxes.  Show --localstatedir=/var instead of
--localstatedir=@var{directory}.
1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

M doc/contributing.texi
M doc/contributing.texi => doc/contributing.texi +32 -13
@@ 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: