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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index d7da02bcb3..08851e1d5b 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -275,13 +275,15 @@ system and @var{hostname}. In general, when testing @theglibc{}, @samp{test-wrapper} may be set to the name and arguments of any program to run newly built binaries. This program must preserve the arguments to the binary being run, its -working directory, all environment variables set as part of testing -and the standard input, output and error file descriptors. If +working directory and the standard input, output and error file +descriptors. If @samp{@var{test-wrapper} env} will not work to run a program with environment variables set, then @samp{test-wrapper-env} must be set to a program that runs a newly built program with environment variable assignments in effect, those assignments being specified as -@samp{@var{var}=@var{value}} before the name of the program to be run. +@samp{@var{var}=@var{value}} before the name of the program to be +run. If multiple assignments to the same variable are specified, +the last assignment specified must take precedence. @node Running make install |