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security updates. More up to date packages and modules are available via the

     

       
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The current Nix expressions of the channels are available in the

     

       
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[`nixpkgs`](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs) repository in branches

     

       
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that correspond to the channel names (e.g. `nixos-19.09-small`).

     

       
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that correspond to the channel names (e.g. `nixos-22.11-small`).