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diff --git a/doc/manual/hacking.xml b/doc/manual/hacking.xml deleted file mode 100644 index b671811d3..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/hacking.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -<appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xml:id="chap-hacking"> - -<title>Hacking</title> - -<para>This section provides some notes on how to hack on Nix. To get -the latest version of Nix from GitHub: -<screen> -$ git clone git://github.com/NixOS/nix.git -$ cd nix -</screen> -</para> - -<para>To build it and its dependencies: -<screen> -$ nix-build release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux -</screen> -</para> - -<para>To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all -environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be -found: -<screen> -$ nix-shell -</screen> -To build Nix itself in this shell: -<screen> -[nix-shell]$ ./bootstrap.sh -[nix-shell]$ configurePhase -[nix-shell]$ make -</screen> -To install it in <literal>$(pwd)/inst</literal> and test it: -<screen> -[nix-shell]$ make install -[nix-shell]$ make installcheck -</screen> - -</para> - -</appendix> |