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### Import From Derivation {#ssec-import-from-derivation}
Import From Derivation (IFD) is disallowed in Nixpkgs for performance reasons:
[Hydra] evaluates the entire package set, and sequential builds during evalation would increase evaluation times to become impractical.
[Hydra]: https://github.com/NixOS/hydra
Import From Derivation can be worked around in some cases by committing generated intermediate files to version control and reading those instead.
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See also [NixOS Wiki: Import From Derivation].
[NixOS Wiki: Import From Derivation]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Import_From_Derivation