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 How to upgrade a single package and service to an unstable version
-There is probably a better way, especially once flakes comes around.  Some packages, let you specify which <code>package</code> to run as an option for instance.  Most don't in my experience. This is how you do it for one that doesn't.
+There is probably a better way, especially once flakes come around. Some packages let you specify which <code>package</code> to run as an option but most don't. The following is a generic way for those which don't:
 add to configuration.nix a set allowing unstable packages.