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authorSilvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com>2023-12-08 01:47:02 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-12-08 01:47:02 +0100
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Merge pull request #272558 from infinisil/by-name-docs
pkgs/by-name: Mention possibility of avoiding alternate callPackage's
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diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/README.md b/pkgs/by-name/README.md
index fbb8b0dc05c1..a7cdc57201df 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/README.md
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/README.md
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ There's some limitations as to which packages can be defined using this structur
 - Only packages defined using `pkgs.callPackage`.
   This excludes packages defined using `pkgs.python3Packages.callPackage ...`.
 
-  Instead use the [category hierarchy](../README.md#category-hierarchy) for such attributes.
+  Instead:
+  - Either change the package definition to work with `pkgs.callPackage`.
+  - Or use the [category hierarchy](../README.md#category-hierarchy).
 
 - Only top-level packages.
   This excludes packages for other package sets like `pkgs.pythonPackages.*`.