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

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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 7e9a477fcec7738141605e766e03b5c5d380ec48..0c5a07e285662d0046723b8398f5e9e51a6138bf 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.