gnu-config: add cannot-use-fetchpatch comment

gnu-config is used by updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook, which is used by stdenv.
2023-06-15 12:34:24 -07:00 · 2023-06-15 12:34:24 -07:00 · 028155ae12
commit 028155ae12
parent 7a53daed2a
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnu-config/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnu-config/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:

+# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
+# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
+# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
+# files.
+
 let
  rev = "63acb96f92473ceb5e21d873d7c0aee266b3d6d3";