On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:17:36 +0530
Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o> wrote:
> Is the following a stricter subset of your wording? --
> 
> "EAPI must be set in an ebuild as the first non-comment line, and
> thereafter must not be set to a different value"

No. With your wording, the following are legal:

    EAPI=$(echo 1 )

    EAPI=${PV}

    EAPI=$( a=() ; a+=3 ; echo ${a[0]} )

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh