commit: 8bcf0e2f9b6234e2e752d68df0ef054fd2cc49b1
Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 17 19:00:47 2022 +0000
Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Mar 17 19:00:47 2022 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=8bcf0e2f
ebuild-vars.tex: Clarify which variables can be defined by an eclass
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>
ebuild-vars.tex | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ebuild-vars.tex b/ebuild-vars.tex
index d07cca4..e7aab0a 100644
--- a/ebuild-vars.tex
+++ b/ebuild-vars.tex
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ All ebuilds must define at least the following variables:
\section{Optional Ebuild-defined Variables}
\label{sec:optional-vars}
-Ebuilds may define any of the following variables:
-\nobreakpar
+Ebuilds may define any of the following variables. Unless otherwise stated,
any of them may be
+defined by an eclass.
+
\begin{description}
\item[EAPI] The EAPI\@. See below in section~\ref{sec:eapi}.
\item[HOMEPAGE] The URI or URIs for a package's homepage, including protocols.
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ EAPI, the package manager must make sure that the \t{EAPI}
value obtained by sou
with bash is identical to the EAPI obtained by parsing. The ebuild must be
treated as invalid if
these values are different.
+Eclasses must not attempt to modify the \t{EAPI} variable.
+
\subsection{SRC_URI}
\label{sec:src-uri-behaviour}
