From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:51:42 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Specify that metadata variable values should only contain ASCII as per GLEP 31.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2_rc21~55
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cce5f1bc07f75e1582f98d1de3958c6d7fd142c0;p=portage.git

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

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=12367
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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 7e9a477fc..0c5a07e28 100644
--- 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.