Marry meta.broken with meta.problems#494416
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| ### `broken` {#var-meta-broken} | ||
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| 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 the environment variable [`NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN`](#opt-allowBroken) is set. | ||
| 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 allowing it](#sec-allow-broken). |
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| 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 allowing it](#sec-allow-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). |
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meta.brokenusemeta.problems.brokenunderneath.config.allowBrokenPredicatein favor ofconfig.problem.handlersFollow-up on #478539
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meta.brokenconfig.allowBrokenPredicatethat only triggers aftermeta.problemsis supported in all stable releases