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authorCollin J. Doering2025-09-11 22:59:03 -0400
committerCollin J. Doering2025-09-11 22:59:03 -0400
commit4bcf689871f1b5b8550ffeb5f2f29eb30d63e18c (patch)
tree9d415403f707b856543cc4f1903e98a16f6b12bd /docs
parent4b46281409776a28c451dd245473760366f3ff7a (diff)
downloadguix-north-america-4bcf689871f1b5b8550ffeb5f2f29eb30d63e18c.tar.gz
docs/administration.org: Add build step
On occasion, things will not build locally, so its sometimes useful to build to see what
fails before reconfigure-ing the system.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/administration.org12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/administration.org b/docs/administration.org
index 8c3e588..e8ab146 100644
--- a/docs/administration.org
+++ b/docs/administration.org
@@ -19,13 +19,21 @@ This document details maintenance and administration of cuirass.genenetwork.org.
      sudo -i guix pull -C $(realpath channels.scm)
    #+end_src
 
-3. Update the system.
+3. Build the system
+
+   ℹ️ This is optional, as the next step (reconfigure) implies a build
+
+   #+begin_src shell
+     sudo -i guix system build -e '(@ (guix-na config balg02) %system)'
+   #+end_src
+
+4. Update the system.
 
    #+begin_src shell
      sudo -i guix system reconfigure -e '(@ (guix-na config balg02) %system)'
    #+end_src
 
-4. Reboot.
+5. Reboot.
 
    #+begin_src shell
      sudo reboot