From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BE15138334 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C991E07D8; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:16:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0890E07B3 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:16:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B0DB349166 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24A3E731 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:15:57 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1564413781.38cd722865b60f901f7616884a44a84d96ea9a0b.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/pms:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: proj/pms X-VCS-Files: ebuild-env-vars.tex X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: 38cd722865b60f901f7616884a44a84d96ea9a0b X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:15:57 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 0985e2f2-5c21-423b-8afd-99127e7b93ef X-Archives-Hash: 1f2337c5a129a380ecbdfac8207f2d6f commit: 38cd722865b60f901f7616884a44a84d96ea9a0b Author: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> AuthorDate: Mon Jul 29 15:23:01 2019 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Mon Jul 29 15:23:01 2019 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=38cd7228 ebuild-env-vars.tex: Clarify trailing slash rule. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org> ebuild-env-vars.tex | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-env-vars.tex b/ebuild-env-vars.tex index 660d17b..ae8bd7d 100644 --- a/ebuild-env-vars.tex +++ b/ebuild-env-vars.tex @@ -466,8 +466,9 @@ set, though. \label{sec:trailing-slash} Unless specified otherwise, the paths provided through package manager variables do not end with -a trailing slash and cannot be empty. A few exceptions to that rule are listed -in table~\ref{tab:trailing-slash} along with applicable EAPIs. +a trailing slash. Consequently, the system root directory will be represented by the empty string. +A few exceptions to this rule are listed in table~\ref{tab:trailing-slash} along with applicable +EAPIs. For EAPIs where those variables are defined to always end with a trailing slash, the package manager guarantees that a trailing slash will always be appended to the path in question. If the path