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doc: mention overrideDerivation causes evaluation of Derivation

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Domen Kožar 2016-05-30 12:34:03 +01:00
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@ -92,7 +92,14 @@ in ...</programlisting>
<para>Do not use this function in Nixpkgs. Because it breaks <para>Do not use this function in Nixpkgs. Because it breaks
package abstraction and doesn’t provide error checking for package abstraction and doesn’t provide error checking for
function arguments, it is only intended for ad-hoc customisation function arguments, it is only intended for ad-hoc customisation
(such as in <filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>).</para> (such as in <filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>).
</para>
<para>
Additionally, <varname>overrideDerivation</varname> forces an evaluation
of the Derivation which can be quite a performance penalty if there are many
overrides used.
</para>
</warning> </warning>
<para> <para>