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Mastering Nixpkgs Overlays: Techniques and Best Practice

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Overlays in Nixpkgs are a powerful mechanism, but they are also complex to grasp. We tell you everything you need to know about Nixpkgs overlays.

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Overlays

Overlays are Nix functions which accept two arguments, conventionally called final and prev (formerly also self and super), and return a set of packages. ... Overlays are similar to other methods for customizing Nixpkgs, in particular the packageOverrides ... Indeed, packageOverrides acts as an overlay...