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authorDmitry Kalinkin <dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com>2019-03-30 22:01:01 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-03-30 22:01:01 -0400
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Merge pull request #36886 from veprbl/symlinkJoin_doc
doc: mention symlinkJoin in multiple-outputs section
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@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@
    contain <varname>$outputBin</varname> and <varname>$outputLib</varname> are
    also added. (See <xref linkend="multiple-output-file-type-groups" />.)
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   In some cases it may be desirable to combine different outputs under a
+   single store path. A function <literal>symlinkJoin</literal> can be used to
+   do this. (Note that it may negate some closure size benefits of using a
+   multiple-output package.)
+  </para>
  </section>
  <section xml:id="sec-multiple-outputs-">
   <title>Writing a split derivation</title>