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authorJohn Ericson <Ericson2314@Yahoo.com>2017-04-23 14:01:03 -0400
committerJohn Ericson <Ericson2314@Yahoo.com>2017-04-23 14:01:12 -0400
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stage.nix: Better explain why `buildPackages` as `null` is valid arg
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diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
index 6febedb79f3..ead6ec18fb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
   ##
 
 , # The package set used at build-time. If null, `buildPackages` will
-  # be defined internally as the produced package set as itself.
+  # be defined internally as the final produced package set itself. This allows
+  # us to avoid expensive splicing.
   buildPackages
 
 , # The standard environment to use for building packages.