document that writeTextFile from Nixpkgs is an alternative to builtins.toFile

2018-04-03 23:26:47 +02:00
parent 3fbaa230a2
commit 045eb84409
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -1203,7 +1203,10 @@ in foo</programlisting>

    This is not allowed because it would cause a cyclic dependency in
    the computation of the cryptographic hashes for
-    <varname>foo</varname> and <varname>bar</varname>.</para></listitem>
+    <varname>foo</varname> and <varname>bar</varname>.</para>
+    <para>It is also not possible to reference the result of a derivation. 
+    If you are using Nixpkgs, the <literal>writeTextFile</literal> function is able to 
+    do that.</para></listitem>

  </varlistentry>