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Re: Is it possible add 'Guix package manager without "make install"' to


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: Is it possible add 'Guix package manager without "make install"' to guix doc?
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 22:59:30 +0200
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Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> skribis:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>>    Similarly, I've wondered, how do GuixSD users hack on Guix, if Guix
>>>    is already installed system-wide?  Genuine question!
>>
>> I definitely use ./pre-inst-env while hacking, plus Geiser with the
>> appropriate ‘geiser-guile-load-path’.
>>
>> I try to force myself to distinguish between hacking the thing and using
>> it.  So I put my “end-user” hat on (don’t laugh!) and run ‘guix pull’
>> and ‘guix’ (without ./pre-inst-env) when I want to fiddle with my
>> profile or unrelated development environments.
>>
>> So my ~/.config/guix/latest is usually slightly behind Git, but that’s
>> not necessarily a bad thing (sort-of like ‘testing’ vs. ‘unstable’ ;-)).
>>
>> Ludo’.
>
> This statement should definitely complement the documentation in HACKING.

Where/how would you suggest adding it?

Ludo’.



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