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| author | Frederik Rietdijk <freddyrietdijk@fridh.nl> | 2017-06-19 09:48:01 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-06-19 09:48:01 +0200 |
| commit | 75933da8823d1cc6354802e4f7b219edc1df0c74 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c8ce4168369eb7704730edbc3d9f12cfa42115a /doc/stdenv.xml | |
| parent | d159271516479961e8a60c297488ceb55ce910ea (diff) | |
| parent | 8c6fada372dba386c25e209a4dff440e2da5a0be (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #26345 from vcunat/p/doc-override-phases
nixpkgs manual: advise against overriding whole phases
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diff --git a/doc/stdenv.xml b/doc/stdenv.xml index 19bacd08f1ec..9ec14d5a7828 100644 --- a/doc/stdenv.xml +++ b/doc/stdenv.xml @@ -318,7 +318,13 @@ containing some shell commands to be executed, or by redefining the shell function <varname><replaceable>name</replaceable>Phase</varname>. The former is convenient to override a phase from the derivation, while the -latter is convenient from a build script.</para> +latter is convenient from a build script. + +However, typically one only wants to <emphasis>add</emphasis> some +commands to a phase, e.g. by defining <literal>postInstall</literal> +or <literal>preFixup</literal>, as skipping some of the default actions +may have unexpected consequences. +</para> <section xml:id="ssec-controlling-phases"><title>Controlling |