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+---
+name: Build failure
+about: Create a report to help us improve
+title: ''
+labels: '0.kind: build failure'
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+### Steps To Reproduce
+Steps to reproduce the behavior:
+1. build *X*
+
+### Build log
+```
+log here if short otherwise a link to a gist
+```
+
+### Additional context
+Add any other context about the problem here.
+
+### Notify maintainers
+<!--
+Please @ people who are in the `meta.maintainers` list of the offending package or module.
+If in doubt, check `git blame` for whoever last touched something.
+-->
+
+### Metadata
+Please run `nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"` and paste the result.
+
+```console
+[user@system:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
+output here
+```