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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/replace-modules.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/replace-modules.section.md index 0c0d6a7ac2f19..ac9f5adbaf981 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/replace-modules.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/replace-modules.section.md @@ -8,8 +8,15 @@ the system on a stable release. `disabledModules` is a top level attribute like `imports`, `options` and `config`. It contains a list of modules that will be disabled. This can -either be the full path to the module or a string with the filename -relative to the modules path (eg. \<nixpkgs/nixos/modules> for nixos). +either be: + - the full path to the module, + - or a string with the filename relative to the modules path (eg. \<nixpkgs/nixos/modules> for nixos), + - or an attribute set containing a specific `key` attribute. + +The latter allows some modules to be disabled, despite them being distributed +via attributes instead of file paths. The `key` should be globally unique, so +it is recommended to include a file path in it, or rely on a framework to do it +for you. This example will replace the existing postgresql module with the version defined in the nixos-unstable channel while keeping the rest of |