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If a package's meta has `knownVulnerabilities`, like so:
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "foobar-1.2.3";
...
meta.knownVulnerabilities = [
"CVE-0000-00000: remote code execution"
"CVE-0000-00001: local privilege escalation"
];
}
and a user attempts to install the package, they will be greeted with
a warning indicating that maybe they don't want to install it:
error: Package ‘foobar-1.2.3’ in ‘...default.nix:20’ is marked as insecure, refusing to evaluate.
Known issues:
- CVE-0000-00000: remote code execution
- CVE-0000-00001: local privilege escalation
You can install it anyway by whitelisting this package, using the
following methods:
a) for `nixos-rebuild` you can add ‘foobar-1.2.3’ to
`nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages` in the configuration.nix,
like so:
{
nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = [
"foobar-1.2.3"
];
}
b) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add
‘foobar-1.2.3’ to `permittedInsecurePackages` in
~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix, like so:
{
permittedInsecurePackages = [
"foobar-1.2.3"
];
}
Adding either of these configurations will permit this specific
version to be installed. A third option also exists:
NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1 nix-build ...
though I specifically avoided having a global file-based toggle to
disable this check. This way, users don't disable it once in order to
get a single package, and then don't realize future packages are
insecure.
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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xml:id="chap-packageconfig">
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<title>Global configuration</title>
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<para>Nix comes with certain defaults about what packages can and
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cannot be installed, based on a package's metadata. By default, Nix
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will prevent installation if any of the following criteria are
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true:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The packages is thought to be broken, and has had
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its <literal>meta.broken</literal> set to
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<literal>true</literal>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The package's <literal>meta.license</literal> is set
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to a license which is considered to be unfree.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The package has known security vulnerabilities but
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has not or can not be updated for some reason, and a list of issues
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has been entered in to the package's
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<literal>meta.knownVulnerabilities</literal>.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Each of these criteria can be altering the nixpkgs
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configuration.</para>
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<para>The nixpkgs configuration for a NixOS system is set in the
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<literal>configuration.nix</literal>, as in the following example:
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<programlisting>
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{
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nixpkgs.config = {
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allowUnfree = true;
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};
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}
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</programlisting>
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However, this does not allow unfree software for individual users.
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Their configurations are managed separately.</para>
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<para>A user's of nixpkgs configuration is stored in a user-specific
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configuration file located at
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<filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>. For example:
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<programlisting>
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{
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allowUnfree = true;
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<section xml:id="sec-allow-broken">
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<title>Installing broken packages</title>
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<para>There are two ways to try compiling a package which has been
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marked as broken.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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For allowing the build of a broken package once, you can use an
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environment variable for a single invocation of the nix tools:
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<programlisting>$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1</programlisting>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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For permanently allowing broken packages to be built, you may
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add <literal>allowBroken = true;</literal> to your user's
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configuration file, like this:
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<programlisting>
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{
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allowBroken = true;
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}</programlisting>
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="sec-allow-unfree">
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<title>Installing unfree packages</title>
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<para>There are several ways to tweak how Nix handles a package
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which has been marked as unfree.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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To temporarily allow all unfree packages, you can use an
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environment variable for a single invocation of the nix tools:
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<programlisting>$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1</programlisting>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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It is possible to permanently allow individual unfree packages,
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while still blocking unfree packages by default using the
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<literal>allowUnfreePredicate</literal> configuration
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option in the user configuration file.</para>
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<para>This option is a function which accepts a package as a
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parameter, and returns a boolean. The following example
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configuration accepts a package and always returns false:
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<programlisting>
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{
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allowUnfreePredicate = (pkg: false);
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>A more useful example, the following configuration allows
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only allows flash player and visual studio code:
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<programlisting>
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{
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allowUnfreePredicate = (pkg: elem (builtins.parseDrvName pkg.name).name [ "flashplayer" "vscode" ]);
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>It is also possible to whitelist and blacklist licenses
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that are specifically acceptable or not acceptable, using
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<literal>whitelistedLicenses</literal> and
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<literal>blacklistedLicenses</literal>, respectively.
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</para>
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<para>The following example configuration whitelists the
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licenses <literal>amd</literal> and <literal>wtfpl</literal>:
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<programlisting>
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{
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whitelistedLicenses = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ amd wtfpl ];
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>The following example configuration blacklists the
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<literal>gpl3</literal> and <literal>agpl3</literal> licenses:
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<programlisting>
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{
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blacklistedLicenses = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ agpl3 gpl3 ];
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>A complete list of licenses can be found in the file
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<filename>lib/licenses.nix</filename> of the nixpkgs tree.</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="sec-allow-insecure">
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<title>
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Installing insecure packages
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</title>
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<para>There are several ways to tweak how Nix handles a package
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which has been marked as unfree.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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To temporarily allow all insecure packages, you can use an
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environment variable for a single invocation of the nix tools:
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<programlisting>$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1</programlisting>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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It is possible to permanently allow individual insecure
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packages, while still blocking other insecure packages by
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default using the <literal>permittedInsecurePackages</literal>
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configuration option in the user configuration file.</para>
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<para>The following example configuration permits the
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installation of the hypothetically insecure package
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<literal>hello</literal>, version <literal>1.2.3</literal>:
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<programlisting>
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{
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permittedInsecurePackages = [
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"hello-1.2.3"
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];
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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It is also possible to create a custom policy around which
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insecure packages to allow and deny, by overriding the
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<literal>allowInsecurePredicate</literal> configuration
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option.</para>
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<para>The <literal>allowInsecurePredicate</literal> option is a
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function which accepts a package and returns a boolean, much
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like <literal>allowUnfreePredicate</literal>.</para>
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<para>The following configuration example only allows insecure
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packages with very short names:
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<programlisting>
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{
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allowInsecurePredicate = (pkg: (builtins.stringLength (builtins.parseDrvName pkg.name).name) <= 5);
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>Note that <literal>permittedInsecurePackages</literal> is
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only checked if <literal>allowInsecurePredicate</literal> is not
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specified.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<!--============================================================-->
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<section xml:id="sec-modify-via-packageOverrides"><title>Modify
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packages via <literal>packageOverrides</literal></title>
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<para>You can define a function called
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<varname>packageOverrides</varname> in your local
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<filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename> to overide nix packages. It
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must be a function that takes pkgs as an argument and return modified
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set of packages.
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<programlisting>
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{
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packageOverrides = pkgs: rec {
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foo = pkgs.foo.override { ... };
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};
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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