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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2013-08-12 15:14:10 -0700 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2013-08-12 15:14:10 -0700 |
| commit | a07a9571a63f36ebbc08701d36d650c6a1ef25bf (patch) | |
| tree | 505133e3700cf2f99624e12b7174cbdeda05d473 /man/portage.5 | |
| parent | Exempt /usr/local/portage from repo_name warning. (diff) | |
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man/portage.5: clarify package.env more
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index a6b0ca7d8..dbc14bfe3 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -680,8 +680,11 @@ single package. Per\-package environment variable settings. Entries refer to environment files that are placed in the \fB/etc/portage/env/\fR directory and have the same format as \fBmake.conf\fR(5). Note that these -files are interpreted much earlier than the package specific bashrc files in -\fB/etc/portage/env/\fR. +files are interpreted much earlier than the package\-specific \fIbashrc\fR +files which are described in a later section about \fB/etc/portage/env/\fR. +Beginners should be careful to recognize the difference between these two types +of files. When environment variable settings are all that's needed, +\fBpackage.env\fR is the recommended approach to use. .I Format: .nf |