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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml index 47b98460adf6..ac1fe7e2fafe 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml @@ -1203,7 +1203,10 @@ in foo</programlisting> This is not allowed because it would cause a cyclic dependency in the computation of the cryptographic hashes for - <varname>foo</varname> and <varname>bar</varname>.</para></listitem> + <varname>foo</varname> and <varname>bar</varname>.</para> + <para>It is also not possible to reference the result of a derivation. + If you are using Nixpkgs, the <literal>writeTextFile</literal> function is able to + do that.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |