portage.5: note more bashrc caveats, bug #409627

diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 967889d9e67e7926ac1ca6451fe70644933c8af8..099d6011d5fc89bed9dc9b6b73a391702ee6a31b 100644 (file)
--- 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