location in the portage tree. Do not modify this variable.
.TP
.B EPREFIX
-Contains the offset that this Portage was configured for during
+Beginning with \fBEAPI 3\fR, contains the offset
+that this Portage was configured for during
installation. The offset is sometimes necessary in an ebuild or eclass,
and is available in such cases as ${EPREFIX}. EPREFIX does not contain
a trailing slash, therefore an absent offset is represented by the empty
Do not modify this variable.
.TP
\fBED\fT = \fI"${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/portage/${CATEGORY}/${PF}/image/${EPREFIX}/"\fR
-Contains the path "${D%/}${EPREFIX}/" for convenience purposes. Do not
-modify this variable.
+Beginning with \fBEAPI 3\fR, contains the path
+"${D%/}${EPREFIX}/" for convenience purposes.
+Do not modify this variable.
.TP
.B PORTAGE_LOG_FILE
Contains the path of the build log. If \fBPORT_LOGDIR\fR variable is unset then
below). Do not modify this variable.
.TP
\fBEROOT\fR = \fI"${ROOT%/}${EPREFIX}/"\fR
-Contains "${ROOT%/}${EPREFIX}/" for convenience purposes. Do not modify
-this variable.
+Beginning with \fBEAPI 3\fR, contains
+"${ROOT%/}${EPREFIX}/" for convenience
+purposes. Do not modify this variable.
.TP
\fBDESCRIPTION\fR = \fI"A happy little package"\fR
Should contain a short description of the package.