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| author | Hugo Buddelmeijer <hugo@buddelmeijer.nl> | 2025-12-23 12:09:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Rutherther <rutherther@ditigal.xyz> | 2026-01-15 19:07:33 +0100 |
| commit | 74d6654633ba8d37ebd1649bddbbc43cda4b81cc (patch) | |
| tree | 1233e7f0c0051d3efd45aea4e20d94cc38e58134 /doc | |
| parent | d32b285b2b14a5a2edc882482b61f543a0348ef2 (diff) | |
doc: Explain that some test require network when building from git.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Discuss network tests.
Change-Id: I21c8e4a1e60ed215a6fb3507b7aedc1835f735ad
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Rutherther <rutherther@ditigal.xyz>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index e936e611dab..538489b079e 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ 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. +Most of the test suite runs without an internet connection. The @option{-N} +(short for @option{--network}) can be added to the @code{guix shell} command +to run the tests that require internet access. + If you are unable to use Guix when building Guix from a checkout, the following are the required packages in addition to those mentioned in the installation instructions (@pxref{Requirements}). |