01/02: doc: Mention how to rebuild guix before submitting patches.

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commit bf99d7e0e2e79935b6748afa059e7392d8e110c8
Author: Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Dec 2 10:13:39 2019 +0100

    doc: Mention how to rebuild guix before submitting patches.
    
    * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention rebuild command in the
      check list.
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index ee72b2f..346f2a5 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -961,6 +961,13 @@ often better to clone the repository.  Don't use the 
@command{name} field in
 the URL: it is not very useful and if the name changes, the URL will probably
 be wrong.
 
+@item
+See if Guix builds with
+@example
+guix environment --pure guix -- make
+@end example
+and look for warnings, especially those about use of undefined symbols.
+
 @end enumerate
 
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