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

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: 66537 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Hiep Pham <hiepph9 <at> proton.me>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Recommend building in ‘guix shell -CPW’.
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:05:30 +0100

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 <hiepph9 <at> proton.me>.

* 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
-- 
2.41.0

Message #10 received at 67366-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: 67366-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 66537-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Hiep Pham <hiepph9 <at> proton.me>
Subject: Re: [bug#67366] [PATCH] doc: Recommend building in
 ‘guix shell -CPW’.
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:51:51 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> 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 <hiepph9 <at> proton.me>.
>
> * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Recommend ‘guix shell -CPW’.
>
> Change-Id: I7694b482d982917fef6ec404f68ddacea761f482

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Ludo'.

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