From e27b7e04bf38c1fdf342d6e15b2c003ca9b92cb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:45:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about this being a temp solution

---
 src/libutil/source-path.hh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libutil/source-path.hh b/src/libutil/source-path.hh
index b4cfa9ce891..4542a2bacbf 100644
--- a/src/libutil/source-path.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/source-path.hh
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+/**
+ * Note there is a decent chance this type soon goes away because the problem is solved another way.
+ * See the discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9985.
+ */
 enum class SymlinkResolution {
     /**
      * Resolve symlinks in the ancestors only.
@@ -121,6 +125,9 @@ struct SourcePath
     /**
      * Resolve any symlinks in this `SourcePath` according to the
      * given resolution mode.
+     *
+     * @param mode might only be a temporary solution for this. 
+     * See the discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9985.
      */
     SourcePath resolveSymlinks(
         SymlinkResolution mode = SymlinkResolution::Full) const;