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[bug#35936] [PATCH] README: add Guix System configure hints
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
[bug#35936] [PATCH] README: add Guix System configure hints |
Date: |
Tue, 28 May 2019 12:34:52 +0200 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.2 |
Hi Robert,
thank you for the patch.
> * README: Mention default 'localstatedir' and that 'configure'
> needs to be re-run.
> ---
> README | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 296df41516..4d459c276d 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ To do so:
> value of the currently installed Guix (failing to do that would lead the
> new Guix to consider the store to be empty!).
>
> + On Guix System, this is '/var' by default. Note that you will need to
> + re-run the 'configure' script after updating Guix System.
> +
Why would re-running the configure script be required after updating?
This section is about building Guix on a system that already has some
version of Guix to reduce the complexity of establishing a suitable
build environment. I don’t think reconfiguring Guix System is relevant
here.
--
Ricardo