Is it allowed to override a package without creating an overlay

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Is it allowed to call .override on a package when installing it via systemPackages without creating an overlay for it?
I.e.

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
  somePackage.override { foo = bar; }
];
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Sure. Just note:

  • If you’ve got anotherPackage that depends on somePackage then it will not see that override
  • you need to put parentheses around it otherwise nix will see a list containing a function and an attribute set and error out.
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