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Re: Compile guix from git?
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韋嘉誠 |
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Re: Compile guix from git? |
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Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:15:47 +0200 |
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> How do people compile guix directly from git source? I've been
>> searching around in HACKING and manual.html#Contributing and other
>> places, the internet in general, and haven't been able to find any
>> instructions.
>
> Documentation has been moved from the 'HACKING' file to the manual in
> section "Contributing" recently. As a consequence, the web manual lacks
> some informations since it refers to the current release.
Oh, ok.
> You just need to execute './bootstrap' to generate the configure script.
Ah, so simple! I even saw that script there, but didn't read it and
made the wrong assumptions about what it's for. Didn't know about
autoreconf before, it seems there are a few more steps in autotools
than I've seen in other tools. Great that there's a wrapper for them
all.
Thanks for your help!