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doc: add example usage for breakpointHook (#51005)

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@ -2455,7 +2455,17 @@ addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" myBashFunction
use the cntr exec subcommand. Note that <command>cntr</command> also
needs to be executed on the machine that is doing the build, which might
be not the case when remote builders are enabled.
<command>cntr</command> is only supported on linux based platforms.
<command>cntr</command> is only supported on Linux-based platforms. To
use it first add <literal>cntr</literal> to your
<literal>environment.systemPackages</literal> on NixOS or alternatively to
the root user on non-NixOS systems. Then in the package that is supposed
to be inspected, add <literal>breakpointHook</literal> to
<literal>nativeBuildInputs</literal>.
<programlisting>
nativeBuildInputs = [ breakpointHook ];
</programlisting>
When a build failure happens there will be an instruction printed that
shows how to attach with <literal>cntr</literal> to the build sandbox.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>