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+Note that this does not affect whether reverse dependencies of the package are built on Hydra.
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 ### `broken` {#var-meta-broken}
 
 If set to `true`, the package is marked as "broken", meaning that it won’t show up in [search.nixos.org](https://search.nixos.org/packages), and cannot be built or installed unless [explicitly allowed](#sec-allow-broken).