doc: rust: improve documentation on cargoLock.lockFile

NixOS · Aug 1, 2021 · a392590 · a392590
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@@ -129,7 +129,15 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 ```
 
 This will retrieve the dependencies using fixed-output derivations from
-the specified lockfile.
+the specified lockfile. Note that setting `cargoLock.lockFile` doesn't
+add a `Cargo.lock` to your `src`, and a `Cargo.lock` is still required
+to build a rust package. A simple fix is to use:
+
+```nix
+postPatch = ''
+ cp ${./Cargo.lock} Cargo.lock
+'';
+```
 
 The output hash of each dependency that uses a git source must be
 specified in the `outputHashes` attribute. For example: