Bug 803074

Summary:	eclass-writing: explain use of USER_VARIABLE
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Anna Vyalkova <cyber+gentoo>
Component:	Devmanual	Assignee:	Gentoo Devmanual Team <devmanual>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	gentoo
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	NeedPatch
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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