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| -rw-r--r-- | man/portage.5 | 5 |
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 967889d9e..099d6011d 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -730,7 +730,10 @@ masters = 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. +bashrc approach that is described here. Also note that special variables +such as \fBFEATURES\fR and \fBINSTALL_MASK\fR will not produce the intended +results if they are set in bashrc, and therefore +\fB/etc/portage/package.env\fR should be used instead. set_unless_changed and unset_unless_changed functions can be used to set or unset given variables only if these variable have not been set to values |