commit: 38cd722865b60f901f7616884a44a84d96ea9a0b
Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 29 15:23:01 2019 +0000
Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Jul 29 15:23:01 2019 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=38cd7228
ebuild-env-vars.tex: Clarify trailing slash rule.
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>
ebuild-env-vars.tex | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ebuild-env-vars.tex b/ebuild-env-vars.tex
index 660d17b..ae8bd7d 100644
--- a/ebuild-env-vars.tex
+++ b/ebuild-env-vars.tex
@@ -466,8 +466,9 @@ set, though.
\label{sec:trailing-slash}
Unless specified otherwise, the paths provided through package manager
variables do not end with
-a trailing slash and cannot be empty. A few exceptions to that rule are listed
-in table~\ref{tab:trailing-slash} along with applicable EAPIs.
+a trailing slash. Consequently, the system root directory will be represented
by the empty string.
+A few exceptions to this rule are listed in table~\ref{tab:trailing-slash}
along with applicable
+EAPIs.
For EAPIs where those variables are defined to always end with a trailing
slash, the package manager
guarantees that a trailing slash will always be appended to the path in
question. If the path
