Specify that metadata variable values should only contain ASCII as per GLEP 31.

(trunk r12367)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=12438

diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 7a5ec2ca450b96a154beef58373f2ac653c074b5..bf44de70e7d470edeb596e18f6be680ace98a709 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ ebuilds (such as the PORTAGE* and PORTDIR* variables)
 .br
 \- When assigning values to variables in ebuilds, you \fBcannot have a
 space\fR between the variable name and the equal sign.
+.br
+\- Variable values should only contain characters that are members of the
+\fBascii\fR(7) character set. This requirement is mandated by \fBGLEP 31\fR.
 .TP
 .B P
 This variable contains the package name without the ebuild revision.