From 432c28afc2e822ecac76a14446c1adb126295aac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Niklas=20Hamb=C3=BCchen?= <mail@nh2.me>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 02:04:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] glibc: Add helpful comment.

Intended to avoid contributor confusion as in #50231.
---
 pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
index 8b17ff9e558..8a450959c6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ callPackage ./common.nix { inherit stdenv; } {
 
     inherit withLinuxHeaders profilingLibraries installLocales withGd;
 
+    # Note:
+    # Things you write here override, and do not add to,
+    # the values in `common.nix`.
+    # (For example, if you define `patches = [...]` here, it will
+    # override the patches in `common.nix`.)
+
     NIX_NO_SELF_RPATH = true;
 
     postConfigure = ''