Subject: bug#67366: closed (Re: [bug#67366] [PATCH] doc: Recommend building in ‘guix shell -CPW’.)

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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 21:53:03 +0000

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#67366: [PATCH] doc: Recommend building in ‘guix shell -CPW’.

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Subject: Re: [bug#67366] [PATCH] doc: Recommend building in‘guix shell -CPW’.
From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], Hiep Pham <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:51:51 +0100
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Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> skribis:

> This was prompted by <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66537>, where someone
> tried to build Guix within ‘guix shell --pure’ on a foreign distro and
> found that ./configure would pick software from the host system.
>
> Suggested by Hiep Pham <[email-masked]>.
>
> * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Recommend ‘guix shell -CPW’.
>
> Change-Id: I7694b482d982917fef6ec404f68ddacea761f482

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Ludo'.

Subject: [PATCH] doc: Recommend building in ‘guix shell -CPW’.
From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>, Hiep Pham <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:05:30 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

This was prompted by <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66537>, where someone
tried to build Guix within ‘guix shell --pure’ on a foreign distro and
found that ./configure would pick software from the host system.

Suggested by Hiep Pham <[email-masked]>.

* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Recommend ‘guix shell -CPW’.

Change-Id: I7694b482d982917fef6ec404f68ddacea761f482
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index f3cc4d7af7..da72eae067 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -76,15 +76,17 @@ Building from Git
 hack on Guix:
 
 @example
-guix shell -D guix --pure
+guix shell -D guix -CPW
 @end example
 
 or even, from within a Git worktree for Guix:
 
 @example
-guix shell --pure
+guix shell -CPW
 @end example
 
+If @option{-C} (short for @option{--container}) is not supported on your
+system, try @command{--pure} instead of @option{-CPW}.
 @xref{Invoking guix shell}, for more information on that command.
 
 If you are unable to use Guix when building Guix from a checkout, the

base-commit: d987b75618a62c95c030e7ca53e0972e700c4f06
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2.41.0