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Bug 803074 - eclass-writing: explain use of USER_VARIABLE
Summary: eclass-writing: explain use of USER_VARIABLE
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Devmanual (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Devmanual Team
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Keywords: NeedPatch
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Reported: 2021-07-20 18:43 UTC by Anna Vyalkova
Modified: 2021-08-07 10:15 UTC (History)
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Description Anna Vyalkova 2021-07-20 18:43:31 UTC 
What is the scope of its application?

In particular, can variables that can be changed at any time (think of special
paths and daemon's user/group) influence things that are not bound to build-time
functionality only (like install paths)?

Reproducible: Always