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    # Import the derivation. This forces `derivation-to-import` to become
-   # a string. This is normal behavior for Nix and Nixpkgs. The specific
+   # a string. This is normal behavior for Nix and Nixpkgs. The string is
-   # difference here is the evaluation itself requires the result to be
+   # then evaluated, which in this case triggers a build, which blocks
-   # built during the evaluation in order to continue evaluating.
+   # the single-threaded evaluation.
    imported-derivation = import derivation-to-import;