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@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 , writeText
 }:
 
+# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
+# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
+# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
+# files.
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gzip";
   version = "1.10";