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Nicolas B. Pierron 2017-01-15 18:58:26 +00:00 committed by Nicolas B. Pierron
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@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ first one present is considered, and all the rest are ignored:
</orderedlist>
</para>
<para>For the second and third option, the directory should contain Nix expressions defining the
<para>For the second and third options, the directory should contain Nix expressions defining the
overlays. Each overlay can be a file, a directory containing a
<filename>default.nix</filename>, or a symlink to one of those. The expressions should follow
the syntax described in <xref linkend="sec-overlays-layout"/>.</para>
<para>The order of the overlay layers can influence the recipe of packages if multiple layers override
the same recipe. In the case where overlays are loaded from a directory, these are loaded in
the same recipe. In the case where overlays are loaded from a directory, they are loaded in
alphabetical order.</para>
<para>To install an overlay using the last option, you can clone the overlay's repository and add
a symbolic link to in the <filename>~/.nixpkgs/overlays/</filename> directory.</para>
a symbolic link to it in <filename>~/.nixpkgs/overlays/</filename> directory.</para>
</section>
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ a symbolic link to in the <filename>~/.nixpkgs/overlays/</filename> directory.</
<title>Overlays Layout</title>
<para>Overlays are expressed as Nix functions which accept 2 arguments and return a set of
packages</para>
packages.</para>
<programlisting>
self: super: