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authorAlexander Berntsen <alexander@plaimi.net>2013-12-01 17:17:45 -0800
committerBrian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>2013-12-01 17:22:22 -0800
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make.conf.5, Mention sourced files syntax
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@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ simple shell\-like expansion of the form \fIvar="${var}"\fR, the source
keyword and variable substitution, but not some of the more advanced BASH
features like arrays and special parameter expansions. For more details, see
the Simple lexical analysis documentation:
-\fLhttp://docs.python.org/3/library/shlex.html\fR.
+\fLhttp://docs.python.org/3/library/shlex.html\fR. Note that if you source
+files, they need to be in the same shlex syntax for portage to read them.
.br
Portage will check the currently\-defined environment variables
first for any settings. If no environment settings are found,