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doc/glossary: Define package and package attribute set
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The epsilon symbol. In the context of a package, this means the version is empty. More precisely, the derivation does not have a version attribute.
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- [package]{#package}
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1. A software package; a collection of files and other data.
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2. A [package attribute set].
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- [package attribute set]{#package-attribute-set}
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An [attribute set] containing the attribute `type = "derivation";` (derivation for historical reasons), as well as other attributes, such as
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- attributes that refer to the files of a [package], typically in the form of [derivation outputs](#output),
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- attributes that declare something about how the package is supposed to be installed or used,
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- other metadata or arbitrary attributes.
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[package attribute set]: #package-attribute-set
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- [string interpolation]{#gloss-string-interpolation}
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Expanding expressions enclosed in `${ }` within a [string], [path], or [attribute name].
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