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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
index 749f795c449..672c99d80c0 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, acl }:
+# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
+# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
+# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
+# files.
+
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
pname = "gnutar";
version = "1.32";