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| author | Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net> | 2023-10-09 19:12:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net> | 2023-10-09 19:12:29 +0200 |
| commit | 41acc25766fbc611cd10cb043bc7cab91d2fd088 (patch) | |
| tree | f0733697ee2546f9abb05d6409bcd01d870230bd /pkgs/by-name/README.md | |
| parent | e22c2bcad0af7f231d10ab7bbb5f95ec4f4863df (diff) | |
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by-name: make the way of adding packages clearer
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diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/README.md b/pkgs/by-name/README.md index ba1bd8cb9861..fbb8b0dc05c1 100644 --- a/pkgs/by-name/README.md +++ b/pkgs/by-name/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ 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). +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). + ## Example The top-level package `pkgs.some-package` may be declared by setting up this file structure: |