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doc: Developers don't need to run "make install" in Guix.

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Suggested by Emmanuel Agullo.

* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention that running "make
install" is unnecessary.
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@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ more information.
Then, run @command{./configure} as usual. Make sure to pass
@code{--localstatedir=@var{directory}} where @var{directory} is the
@code{localstatedir} value used by your current installation (@pxref{The
Store}, for information about this). We recommend to use the value
@code{/var}.
Store}, for information about this), usually @file{/var}. Note that you
will probably not run @command{make install} at the end (you don't have
to) but it's still important to pass the right @code{localstatedir}.
Finally, you have to invoke @code{make check} to run tests
(@pxref{Running the Test Suite}). If anything