[Nix-dev] My blog post on overrides in Nix

roconnor at theorem.ca roconnor at theorem.ca
Tue Apr 22 18:15:35 CEST 2014


I spent the weekend trying to unravel the mystery of how the various 
override mechanisms in Nixpkgs work.  I wrote up my findings in a blog 
post.

<http://r6.ca/blog/20140422T142911Z.html>

Let me know if you find any factual error, or have any other comments.

-- 
Russell O'Connor                                      <http://r6.ca/>
``All talk about `theft,''' the general counsel of the American Graphophone
Company wrote, ``is the merest claptrap, for there exists no property in
ideas musical, literary or artistic, except as defined by statute.''


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