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[PATCH] doc: remove stray prose

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From: Brennan Vincent <brennan <at> umanwizard.com>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: remove stray prose
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:46:23 -0400

* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Historically, the example for
running ./configure included references to localstatedir and sysconfdir, which
the following text explained. Since now it just tells you to run ./configure,
remove this explanation.

Change-Id: I5c7236f0421cda7480f91d4cfbcd724192846bce
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index acdc303be6..ce6bda068d 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -240,13 +240,6 @@ Building from Git
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-... where @file{/var} is the normal @code{localstatedir} value
-(@pxref{The Store}, for information about this) and @file{/etc} is the
-normal @code{sysconfdir} value.  Note that you will probably not run
-@command{make install} at the end (you don't have to) but it's still
-important to pass the right @code{localstatedir} and @code{sysconfdir}
-values, which get recorded in the @code{(guix config)} Guile module.
-
 Finally, you can build Guix and, if you feel so inclined, run the tests
 (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}):
 
@@ -256,6 +249,7 @@ Building from Git
 @end example
 
 @noindent
+Note that you don't have to run @command{make install} at the end.
 If anything fails, take a look at installation instructions
 (@pxref{Installation}) or send a message to the
 @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org, mailing list}.

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2.46.0

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