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| author | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2024-01-20 12:31:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2024-01-20 12:32:25 +0100 |
| commit | b7baf40e099b4215181fe7b0c63083b12ef2c7fb (patch) | |
| tree | a6efabd31d05b6d0a36624729e80377bbbfb0149 /nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md | |
| parent | 710028664e26e85cb831a869b3da9f6993902255 (diff) | |
| parent | 0799f514b1cd74878174939df79ac60ca5036673 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'nixos-unstable-small' of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
Conflicts: nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md b/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md index 948003bb5573..990882aec837 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md +++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,9 @@ # Name-based package directories The structure of this directory maps almost directly to top-level package attributes. -This is the recommended way to add new top-level packages to Nixpkgs [when possible](#limitations). +Add new top-level packages to Nixpkgs using this mechanism [whenever possible](#limitations). -Packages found in the named-based structure do not need to be explicitly added to the -`top-level/all-packages.nix` file unless they require overriding the default value -of an implicit attribute (see below). +Packages found in the name-based structure are automatically included, without needing to be added to `all-packages.nix`. However if the implicit attribute defaults need to be changed for a package, this [must still be declared in `all-packages.nix`](#changing-implicit-attribute-defaults). ## Example |