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docs: document that nix will not support derivations in meta

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That's sad, but… https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2532
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@ -272,11 +272,9 @@ meta.platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
<para>
This attribute is special in that it is not actually under the
<literal>meta</literal> attribute set but rather under the
<literal>passthru</literal> attribute set. This is due to a current
limitation of Nix, and will change as soon as Nixpkgs will be able to
depend on a new enough version of Nix. See
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2532">the relevant
issue</link> for more details.
<literal>passthru</literal> attribute set. This is due to how
<literal>meta</literal> attributes work, and the fact that they
are supposed to contain only metadata, not derivations.
</para>
</warning>
<para>