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| author | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2024-05-17 15:06:02 -0400 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2024-05-25 23:28:30 -0400 |
| commit | 77771036f0970083c146b709d792d128f4235125 (patch) | |
| tree | 8fbef75735605f6c5e287a856fb9879a1008e782 /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | 94c8cec99969fe9f65777637fde1f05e1c576a3f (diff) | |
configure.ac: Set default value for the 'prefix' variable.
The Guix standard configuration uses a localstatedir of /var and a sysconfdir
of /etc. To ease things for everyone, make the default values match that
standard expected configuration. See
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-05/msg00003.html> for a
related discussion.
* configure.ac: Default $prefix to '' unless already set.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Streamline doc.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Guix environment via direnv): Likewise.
Reviewed-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Change-Id: I23cd12b58a842d246fbc9fdc740311c573eb0212
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/contributing.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index a0d6b5304a..b8adc169d8 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ more information. Then, run: @example -./configure --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc +./configure @end example @noindent @@ -246,19 +246,6 @@ normal @code{sysconfdir} value. Note that you will probably not run important to pass the right @code{localstatedir} and @code{sysconfdir} values, which get recorded in the @code{(guix config)} Guile module. -When configuring Guix on a system that already has a Guix installation, -be sure to specify the same state directory as the existing installation -using the @option{--localstatedir} option of the @command{configure} -script (@pxref{Directory Variables, @code{localstatedir},, standards, -GNU Coding Standards}). Usually, this @var{localstatedir} option is set -to the value @file{/var}. The @command{configure} script protects -against unintended misconfiguration of @var{localstatedir} so you do not -inadvertently corrupt your store (@pxref{The Store}). The configuration -directory should also be configured by setting the @option{--sysconfdir} -option to the @file{/etc} value, which is the location used by Guix to -store for example the access control list of authorized machines and the -definition of offload machines. - Finally, you can build Guix and, if you feel so inclined, run the tests (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}): |