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Lines 4-10 make.conf \- custom settings for Portage Link Here
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fB/etc/make.conf\fR and \fB/etc/portage/make.conf\fR
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\fB/etc/make.conf\fR and \fB/etc/portage/make.conf\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This file contains various variables that are used by Portage.
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This file contains various variables that are used by Portage. The file has a
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newline-delimited list of \fI<key>=<value>\fR pairs (see the default file for
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examples) which are accessible from the environment of ebuilds. It supports
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simple shell\-like expansion of the form \fIvar="${var}"\fR, the source
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keyword and variable substituton, but not some of the more advanced BASH
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features like arrays and special parameter expansions. For more details, see
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the Simple lexical analysis documentanion:
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\fLhttp://docs.python.org/2/library/shlex.html\fR.
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.br
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Portage will check the currently\-defined environment variables
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Portage will check the currently\-defined environment variables
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first for any settings.  If no environment settings are found,
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first for any settings.  If no environment settings are found,
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Portage then checks the make.conf files. Both /etc/make.conf and
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Portage then checks the make.conf files. Both /etc/make.conf and
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