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<para>Do not use this function in Nixpkgs. Because it breaks
package abstraction and doesnโ€™t provide error checking for
function arguments, it is only intended for ad-hoc customisation
- (such as in <filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>).</para>
+ (such as in <filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Additionally, <varname>overrideDerivation</varname> forces an evaluation
+ of the Derivation which can be quite a performance penalty if there are many
+ overrides used.
+ </para>
</warning>
<para>