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diff --git a/nixpkgs/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md b/nixpkgs/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md index ad2378fd0e74..b326f189d50e 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md +++ b/nixpkgs/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md @@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ or *** ``` + +This function should only be used by non-redistributable software with an unfree license that we need to require the user to download manually. +It produces packages that cannot be built automatically. + ## `fetchtorrent` {#fetchtorrent} `fetchtorrent` expects two arguments. `url` which can either be a Magnet URI (Magnet Link) such as `magnet:?xt=urn:btih:dd8255ecdc7ca55fb0bbf81323d87062db1f6d1c` or an HTTP URL pointing to a `.torrent` file. It can also take a `config` argument which will craft a `settings.json` configuration file and give it to `transmission`, the underlying program that is performing the fetch. The available config options for `transmission` can be found [here](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Editing-Configuration-Files.md#options) |