diff --git a/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest b/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest
--- a/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest
+++ b/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest
@@ -13,22 +13,22 @@ AUX mdraid.rc-3.1.1 815 RMD160 df283e9b5
 AUX raid-start.sh-3.0 799 RMD160 6495c44ea5be6e18a2b76e0c724f2dbf36073f90 SHA1 2df50d9f03cc907990ddd4b235dbc605c3e208c8 SHA256 7f4e6b5d148578f417bcc05d4d4d5c65641c2a810b74b2f7f43b808c7c52a9ce
 AUX raid-stop.sh 645 RMD160 a2855fbdad1222044a9de5b7a9f441592d42960b SHA1 daa2052a3835ca178005a96a3675759a96119203 SHA256 167a6bd452b5831cd5235eb80bf5f91bb2e5a10db132408fce29e60eb9d200db
 DIST mdadm-3.1.4.tar.bz2 288578 RMD160 f41a2be4158efac08dbe2e95f1c6812609475fad SHA1 4ee43922d38b15a930daaaa026ef1b4efacdbc8a SHA256 849ad0ad4ad3c1d2d8806a16b30e1f59ab2daf313cb103807207f7cba889ea63
-EBUILD mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild 2193 RMD160 d30705dd66d8e6fde38e68f256bd3d8a6c7945a8 SHA1 46ae13b2bccf0bbfc830a44178568874d72af036 SHA256 f1f19426d9920cd2fd03a4316d921bffc4c48ccc4a62a3bd33fa9c321df110cd
+EBUILD mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild 2271 RMD160 233b8572588054d71bb00faddb480b322fdf1827 SHA1 70f7e1975e95ac31d216f7fe45abaf65cb108142 SHA256 83d7d5e15a09e87bd63dbaad808a063feb37a6aac5184ba44782460aebfe4966
 MISC metadata.xml 164 RMD160 f43cbec30b7074319087c9acffdb9354b17b0db3 SHA1 9c213f5803676c56439df3716be07d6692588856 SHA256 f5f2891f2a4791cd31350bb2bb572131ad7235cd0eeb124c9912c187ac10ce92
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diff --git a/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild b/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild
--- a/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ IUSE="static"
 DEPEND=""
 RDEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16"
 
-RESTRICT=test
+# Tests edit values in /proc and run tests on software raid
+# devices. Thus, they shouldn't be run on systems with active software
+# RAID devices.
+RESTRICT="test"
 
 src_unpack() {
 	unpack ${A}
@@ -35,8 +38,8 @@ mdadm_emake() {
 		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
 		CWFLAGS="-Wall" \
 		CXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
-		"${@}" \
-		|| die "'emake ${@}' failed"
+		"$@" \
+		|| die "'emake $@' failed"
 }
 
 src_compile() {
@@ -46,7 +49,6 @@ src_compile() {
 src_test() {
 	mdadm_emake test
 
-	# are these tests dangerous? I'm not willing to try them. --binki
 	sh ./test || die
 }