From: Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 09:58:42 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: docs: Mention that all the sysext steps should be done in an empty dir
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docs: Mention that all the sysext steps should be done in an empty dir
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diff --git a/docs/sysext.md b/docs/sysext.md
index 99d277241..045e10c48 100644
--- a/docs/sysext.md
+++ b/docs/sysext.md
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ To keep things manageable, we'll use mkosi's support for building
 multiple images so that we can build our base image and system extension
 in one go.
 
-Let's start by defining a base configuration file `mkosi.conf` with some
-shared settings:
+Start by creating a temporary directory with a base configuration file
+`mkosi.conf` with some shared settings:
 
 ```conf
 [Output]
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ OutputDirectory=mkosi.output
 CacheDirectory=mkosi.cache
 ```
 
+From now on we'll assume all steps are executed inside the temporary
+directory.
+
 Now let's continue with the base image definition by writing the
 following to `mkosi.images/base/mkosi.conf`: