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@@ -298,6 +298,24 @@ with import (fetchTarball https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixo
stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
</programlisting>
+ Note that when obtaining the hash with <varname>nix-prefetch-url
+ </varname> the option <varname>--unpack</varname> is required.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This function can also verify the contents against a hash.
+ In that case, the function takes a set instead of a URL. The set
+ requires the attribute <varname>url</varname> and the attribute
+ <varname>sha256</varname>, e.g.
+
+<programlisting>
+with import (fetchTarball {
+ url = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz;
+ sha256 = "1jppksrfvbk5ypiqdz4cddxdl8z6zyzdb2srq8fcffr327ld5jj2";
+}) {};
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
+</programlisting>
+
</para>
<para>This function is not available if <link