commit:     d24b59bd14a563baeb99b8465e4cc3e9b4d22d2b
Author:     Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> binghamton <DOT> edu>
AuthorDate: Wed May  4 08:09:00 2016 +0000
Commit:     Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> binghamton <DOT> edu>
CommitDate: Wed May  4 09:08:15 2016 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=d24b59bd

ebuild-writing/variables: add HOME to the list of read-only variables

Per PMS Section 11.1 [0], HOME is a read-only environment variable.

[0] https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/pms/head/pms.html#x1-11900011.1

Signed-off-by: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> binghamton.edu>

 ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml 
b/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml
index a9671de..ef15347 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ them.
     </ti>
   </tr>
   <tr>
+    <ti><c>HOME</c></ti>
+    <ti>
+      Path to a temporary directory for use by any programs invoked by
+      an ebuild that may read or modify the home directory. Value:
+      <c>"${PORTAGE_BUILDDIR}/homedir"</c>.
+    </ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
     <ti><c>ROOT</c></ti>
     <ti>
       Path to the root directory. When not using <c>${D}</c>,

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