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diff --git a/nixpkgs/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md b/nixpkgs/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md index e3e7b4c850be..9befcaa51a9a 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md +++ b/nixpkgs/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md @@ -714,6 +714,8 @@ to `~/.gdbinit`. GDB will then be able to find debug information installed via ` The installCheck phase checks whether the package was installed correctly by running its test suite against the installed directories. The default `installCheck` calls `make installcheck`. +It is often better to add tests that are not part of the source distribution to `passthru.tests` (see <xref linkend="var-meta-tests"/>). This avoids adding overhead to every build and enables us to run them independently. + #### Variables controlling the installCheck phase {#variables-controlling-the-installcheck-phase} ##### `doInstallCheck` {#var-stdenv-doInstallCheck} |