From 42d7668b37d0848399ae4d7aa6f6b5e3d76fc227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theodore Ni <3806110+tjni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 01:19:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] volta: update description to warn about using on NixOS

---
 pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix
index 125c396d1a28..b61347c05f2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       switch between Nodes. You can install npm package binaries in your
       toolchain without having to periodically reinstall them or figure out why
       they’ve stopped working.
+
+      Note: Volta cannot be used on NixOS out of the box because it downloads
+      Node binaries that assume shared libraries are in FHS standard locations.
     '';
     homepage = "https://volta.sh/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/volta-cli/volta/blob/main/RELEASES.md";