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Release notes: add note for overlays via file

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Michael Peyton Jones 2017-08-16 22:16:08 +01:00 committed by Nicolas B. Pierron
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</para> </para>
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<para>
Nixpkgs overlays may now be specified with a file as well as a directory. The
value of <literal>&lt;nixpkgs-overlays></literal> may be a file, and
<filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays.nix</filename> can be used instead of the
<filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/overalys</filename> directory.
</para>
<para>
See the overlays chapter of the Nixpkgs manual for more details.
</para>
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