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diff --git a/pkgs/README.md b/pkgs/README.md index 5cc70247581..bfa7e611255 100644 --- a/pkgs/README.md +++ b/pkgs/README.md @@ -368,19 +368,11 @@ See the Nixpkgs manual for more details on [standard meta-attributes](https://ni ### Import From Derivation -Import From Derivation (IFD) is disallowed in Nixpkgs for performance reasons: -[Hydra] evaluates the entire package set, and sequential builds during evaluation would increase evaluation times to become impractical. - -[Hydra]: https://github.com/NixOS/hydra +[Import From Derivation](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/language/import-from-derivation) (IFD) is disallowed in Nixpkgs for performance reasons: +[Hydra](https://github.com/NixOS/hydra) evaluates the entire package set, and sequential builds during evaluation would increase evaluation times to become impractical. Import From Derivation can be worked around in some cases by committing generated intermediate files to version control and reading those instead. -<!-- TODO: remove the following and link to Nix manual once https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7332 is merged --> - -See also [NixOS Wiki: Import From Derivation]. - -[NixOS Wiki: Import From Derivation]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Import_From_Derivation - ## Sources ### Fetching Sources |