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-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-#
-# System-wide defaults for the Portage system
-# See portage(5) manpage
-
-# Env vars to expand into USE vars.
-USE_EXPAND="GEOIDS_DATASETS GRAVITY_MODELS MAGNETIC_MODELS PRECISION"
-