From a3ea21a10c1580980edcc4417bf5b12e6b9162fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:09:01 +0000 Subject: Specify that metadata variable values should only contain ASCII as per GLEP 31. (trunk r12367) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=12438 --- man/ebuild.5 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'man/ebuild.5') diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index 7a5ec2ca4..bf44de70e 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ ebuilds (such as the PORTAGE* and PORTDIR* variables) .br \- When assigning values to variables in ebuilds, you \fBcannot have a space\fR between the variable name and the equal sign. +.br +\- Variable values should only contain characters that are members of the +\fBascii\fR(7) character set. This requirement is mandated by \fBGLEP 31\fR. .TP .B P This variable contains the package name without the ebuild revision. -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22