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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-pms@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] Ebuild env: make it clear that accessing parent directories is illegal
Date: Sat,  4 Jun 2016 20:07:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160604180700.2625-1-mgorny@gentoo.org> (raw)

---
 ebuild-env-vars.tex | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ebuild-env-vars.tex b/ebuild-env-vars.tex
index 7a58f05..21d4200 100644
--- a/ebuild-env-vars.tex
+++ b/ebuild-env-vars.tex
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ phases as would normally happen due to environment saving (see~\ref{sec:ebuild-e
 different \t{pkg\_*} phases. Ebuilds must recalculate any variable they derive from an inconsistent
 variable.
 
+If a variable defines a directory path, ebuilds must not attempt to reference or access the parent
+directory of that directory.
+
 \begin{landscape}
 \reversemarginpar
 \addtolength{\marginparsep}{-25mm}
-- 
2.8.3



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