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fix an incorrect path to the specialisation switch
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{{Note|At times, you may want to overwrite values in specialisations which you have already defined in your parent configuration. To solve this problem in <code>chani</code> example, the parent configuration could define <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable &#61; false;</code> in an overwritable manner using <code>mkDefault</code> and similar [3]: <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable &#61; mkDefault false;</code>}}
{{Note|At times, you may want to overwrite values in specialisations which you have already defined in your parent configuration. To solve this problem in <code>chani</code> example, the parent configuration could define <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable &#61; false;</code> in an overwritable manner using <code>mkDefault</code> and similar [3]: <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable &#61; mkDefault false;</code>}}


== Special case: the default non-specialised entry ==
== Special case: the default non-specialized entry ==


Specialisations are receiving options in addition to your default configuration, but what if you want to have options in your default configuration that shouldn't be pulled by the specialisations?
Specializations are receiving options in addition to your default configuration, but what if you want to have options in your default configuration that shouldn't be pulled by the specializations?


There is a specific syntax to declare options that apply to the case environment "not specialised" and that won't be pulled by other specialisations. You need to wrap the options into a new file that is imported into your configuration.nix file
Use the conditional <code>config.specialisation != {}</code> to declare values for the non-specialized case. For example, you could write a module (as variable, or separate file), imported from <code>configuration.nix</code> via <code>imports = [...]</code> like this:


<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
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     # example
     # example
     hardware.opengl.extraPackages = with pkgs; [ vaapiIntel libvdpau-va-gl vaapiVdpau ];
     hardware.opengl.extraPackages = with pkgs; [ vaapiIntel vaapiVdpau ];
   };
   };
})
})