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| author | Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl> | 2018-10-18 14:01:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl> | 2018-10-18 14:01:06 +0200 |
| commit | 3c2ae189c2af388812d82596770df74ac8f839ee (patch) | |
| tree | a43d7a44d0aaa5aeb06046ad3a6fe40ecde575fe /doc/functions | |
| parent | 9b7654f6ff326a7e35b48ce3c54d7f8bb71d9a13 (diff) | |
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doc: Improve overrides and overlays documentation
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/functions/overrides.xml | 9 |
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diff --git a/doc/functions/overrides.xml b/doc/functions/overrides.xml index 30cc6f3f6b1d..5532951d1a79 100644 --- a/doc/functions/overrides.xml +++ b/doc/functions/overrides.xml @@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ </para> <para> - These overriding functions let you focus on one part of Nixpkgs and give you - back the requested variation. This is orthogonal but related to overlays and - the extending functions. Those also let you make modifications but return the - whole package set instead of just what you modified. When used together, the - override functions make the changes and overlays or extending functions add - those changes to the package sets. + These functions are used to make changes to packages, returning only single + packages. Overlays, on the other hand, can be used to combine the overridden + packages across the entire package set of Nixpkgs. </para> <section xml:id="sec-pkg-override"> |