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From ce93cbc8ce4c3cba59cf70c8d073af0a796935ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:03:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Modify sentence to clarify that ./pre-inst-env is
generated
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Modify
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doc/contributing.texi | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 91a87ef2d..6d66d7eed 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -107,15 +107,16 @@ test the changes made in your local source tree checkout without
actually installing them. So that you can distinguish between your
``end-user'' hat and your ``motley'' costume.
-To that end, all the command-line tools can be used even if you have not
-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
-@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.}:
+@cindex pre-inst-env
+To that end, all the command-line tools can be used even if you have not 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 is generated during the bootstrapping and configuring of Guix and is
+located in the top build tree of Guix), 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.}:
@example
$ sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
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