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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2010-11-07 13:33:11 -0800
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2010-11-23 18:00:27 -0800
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@@ -698,7 +698,10 @@ masters = gentoo kde
.TP
.BR /etc/portage/env/
.RS
-In this directory additional package-specific bashrc files can be created.
+In this directory additional package\-specific bashrc files can be created.
+Note that if package\-specific environment variable settings are all that's
+needed, then \fB/etc/portage/package.env\fR should be used instead of the
+bashrc approach that is described here.
Portage will source all of them after \fB/etc/portage/bashrc\fR in the following
order:
.nr step 1 1