[gentoo-commits] proj/pms:eapi-6 commit in: /

["Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>]

commit:     e6cfa80244f6c5976712f39667abff4b99afdb19
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Oct 21 16:47:05 2015 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Oct 23 17:25:37 2015 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=e6cfa802

Recommend setting the bash compatibility level.

 ebuild-format.tex | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-format.tex b/ebuild-format.tex
index 346a9da..1c64d81 100644
--- a/ebuild-format.tex
+++ b/ebuild-format.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 \featurelabel{bash-version} The ebuild file format is in its basic form a subset of the format of
 a bash script. The interpreter is assumed to be GNU bash, version as listed in
-table~\ref{tab:bash-version}, or any later version.
+table~\ref{tab:bash-version}, or any later version. If possible, the package manager should set
+the shell's compatibility level to the exact version specified. It must ensure that any such
+compatibility settings (e.g. the \t{BASH\_COMPAT} variable) are not exported to external programs.
+
 The file encoding must be UTF-8 with Unix-style newlines. When sourced, the ebuild must define
 certain variables and functions (see sections~\ref{sec:ebuild-vars} and~\ref{sec:ebuild-functions}
 for specific information), and must not call any external programs, write anything to standard