From ccad1fd07ce4eb40a2fcf81cfb55d9b41fdcac48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:05:10 -0500
Subject: Allow braceless variables to be expanded

(Only in environment.d files.)

We have only basic compatibility with shell syntax, but specifying variables
without using braces is probably more common, and I think a lot of people would
be surprised if this didn't work.
---
 man/environment.d.xml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'man/environment.d.xml')

diff --git a/man/environment.d.xml b/man/environment.d.xml
index 4f3e03825a..2302992fa5 100644
--- a/man/environment.d.xml
+++ b/man/environment.d.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <literal><replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></literal> environment
     variable assignments, separated by newlines. The right hand side of these assignments may
     reference previously defined environment variables, using the <literal>${OTHER_KEY}</literal>
-    format. No other elements of shell syntax are supported.
+    and <literal>$OTHER_KEY</literal> format. No other elements of shell syntax are supported.
     </para>
 
     <refsect2>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         </para>
         <programlisting>
         FOO_DEBUG=force-software-gl,log-verbose
-        PATH=/opt/foo/bin:${PATH}
+        PATH=/opt/foo/bin:$PATH
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/foo/lib
         XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/foo/share:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}
         </programlisting>
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