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commit 450e3f01f7957b43367e30767b6c04391f79a774
Author: Hugo Buddelmeijer <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 23 12:10:54 2025 +0100
doc: Better explain extra development tools when building from git.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Better explain adding tools.
Change-Id: I47fb9e5414edc5eebce64d25db6998cc51985fcb
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
Merges: #4821
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doc/contributing.texi | 6 +++---
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index a2b55fb68a..c0a426db8a 100644
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@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ installation instructions (@pxref{Requirements}).
@item @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/, GNU Help2man (optional)}.
@end itemize
-On Guix, extra dependencies can be added by instead running @command{guix
-shell}:
+On Guix, other development tools, like @code{strace}, can be included by
+giving them as extra arguments to @command{guix shell}:
@example
-guix shell -D guix help2man git strace --pure
+guix shell -D guix -CPW strace
@end example
From there you can generate the build system infrastructure
