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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index 49edc002bec..50d3a2437d7 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
, singleBinary ? "symlinks" # you can also pass "shebangs" or false
}:
+# 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.
+
assert aclSupport -> acl != null;
assert selinuxSupport -> libselinux != null && libsepol != null;