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@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
useful for very trivial derivations (such as `writeText` in Nixpkgs)
that are cheaper to build than to substitute from a binary cache.
+ You may disable the effects of this attibute by enabling the
+ `always-allow-substitutes` configuration option in Nix.
+
> **Note**
>
> You need to have a builder configured which satisfies the