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pkgs/by-name: Mention possibility of avoiding alternate callPackage's
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@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ There's some limitations as to which packages can be defined using this structur
- Only packages defined using `pkgs.callPackage`.
This excludes packages defined using `pkgs.python3Packages.callPackage ...`.
Instead use the [category hierarchy](../README.md#category-hierarchy) for such attributes.
Instead:
- Either change the package definition to work with `pkgs.callPackage`.
- Or use the [category hierarchy](../README.md#category-hierarchy).
- Only top-level packages.
This excludes packages for other package sets like `pkgs.pythonPackages.*`.