From f336f16ab8ab80d77cfb626eb2935eacda8bb596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Müller Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 18:22:33 +0200 Subject: ebuild-env-vars.tex: Variables may not be meaningful in global scope MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller --- ebuild-env-vars.tex | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-env-vars.tex b/ebuild-env-vars.tex index 6046e1f..5fe72dc 100644 --- a/ebuild-env-vars.tex +++ b/ebuild-env-vars.tex @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ \label{sec:ebuild-env-vars} The package manager must define the following environment variables. Not all variables are -meaningful in all phases; variables that are not meaningful in a given phase may be unset or set to -any value. Ebuilds must not attempt to modify any of these variables, unless otherwise specified. +universally meaningful; variables that are not meaningful in a given phase or in global scope may +be unset or set to any value. Ebuilds must not attempt to modify any of these variables, unless +otherwise specified. Because of their special meanings, these variables may not be preserved consistently across all phases as would normally happen due to environment saving (see section~\ref{sec:ebuild-env-state}). -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad