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doc: mention overrideDerivation causes evaluation of Derivation
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<para>Do not use this function in Nixpkgs. Because it breaks
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package abstraction and doesn’t provide error checking for
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function arguments, it is only intended for ad-hoc customisation
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(such as in <filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>).</para>
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(such as in <filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>).
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</para>
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<para>
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Additionally, <varname>overrideDerivation</varname> forces an evaluation
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of the Derivation which can be quite a performance penalty if there are many
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overrides used.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<para>