From e5d63646a092a51f0ad7f38c4d99d2b5685c07ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:59:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Don't suggest using --arg config '{ allowUnfree = true; }'

This doesn't work when using the Nixpkgs/NixOS channel.

Issue #2998.
---
 pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index c34d30d92e01..6047ecf853c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ let
               { nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; }
             in configuration.nix to override this. If you use Nix standalone, you can add
               { allowUnfree = true; }
-            to ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix or pass
-              --arg config '{ allowUnfree = true; }'
-            on the command line.''
+            to ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix.''
         else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.broken or false then
           throw "you can't use package ‘${attrs.name}’ in ${pos'} because it has been marked as broken"
         else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.platforms or null != null && !lib.lists.elem result.system attrs.meta.platforms then