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lib.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive: document that symlinks are ignored

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This was implicit in the previous “other files are ignored.”
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@ -290,11 +290,10 @@ in
`callPackage <directory>/package.nix { }` is returned.
- Otherwise, the input directory's contents are listed and transformed into
an attribute set.
- If a file name has the `.nix` extension, it is turned into attribute
- If a regular file's name has the `.nix` extension, it is turned into attribute
where:
- The attribute name is the file name without the `.nix` extension
- The attribute value is `callPackage <file path> { }`
- Other files are ignored.
- Directories are turned into an attribute where:
- The attribute name is the name of the directory
- The attribute value is the result of calling
@ -302,6 +301,8 @@ in
As a result, directories with no `.nix` files (including empty
directories) will be transformed into empty attribute sets.
- Other files are ignored, including symbolic links to directories and to regular `.nix`
files; this is because nixlang code cannot distinguish the type of a link's target.
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