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[PATCH] doc: Mention how to test against make / guix pull breakage.

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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org, 38455 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#38455] [PATCH] doc: Mention how to test against make / guix pull breakage.
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:46:08 +0100

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zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 13:16, Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> wrote:
>>
>> I'm actually not sure about one thing: Does `guix pull` catch the errors
>> of `make`?
>
> What is the point of this advice? Check if "guix pull" is broken,
> right? I think "guix pull -n --url=foo" does the job, isn't it?
>
>> I believe that make can output useful warnings, which maybe not bother
>> `guix pull`, but maybe I'm wrong.
>
> This is another tips? Reading all the points, I feel that another
> point about checking the "make" warnings and/or running the test suite
> should be added.

Why not.

> A good indication is that there is no link to
> "Running the Test Suite".
>
> What do you think?

CC-ing guix-devel.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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