diff --git a/scripts/functions.sh b/scripts/functions.sh
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+calc_repo_dirs(){
+	get_list(){
+		local path=$1
+		local next
+		if [[ -e $path/parent ]]
+		then
+			while IFS= read -r line
+			do
+				if [[ $line =~ ^[a-z0-9]+: ]]
+				then
+					next=$(realpath /var/db/repos/${line%%:*}/profiles/${line#*:})
+				elif [[ ${line:0:1} == / ]]
+				then
+					next=$(realpath $line)
+				else
+					next=$(realpath $path/$line)
+				fi
+				get_list $next
+				echo $next
+			done < $1/parent
+		fi
+	}
+	get_list $(realpath /etc/portage/make.profile)
+}
+
+calc_ini_files(){
+	local path
+	for path in $(calc_repo_dirs) \
+		/var/lib/calculate/calculate-update \
+		/var/lib/calculate \
+		/etc/calculate \
+		/var/calculate \
+		/var/calculate/remote
+	do
+		if [[ -e $path/ini.env ]]
+		then
+			echo $path/ini.env
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+# The function reads values from all ini.env files into the ini array
+# Create an array before calling `declare -A ini; get_ini`
+get_ini(){
+	local line sec ini_file
+	for ini_file in $(calc_ini_files)
+	do
+		while IFS= read -r line
+		do
+		        if [[ $line == *"["* ]]
+		        then
+		                line=${line#*[}
+		                line=${line%%]*}
+		                sec=$line
+		                continue
+		        fi
+			if [[ $line =~ ^[[:blank:]]*[#\;] || $line == '' ]]
+			then
+				continue
+			fi
+			local var=${sec}.${line%%=*}
+			# remove trailing whitespace characters
+			var=${var%${var##*[![:space:]]}}
+			local val=${line#*=}
+			# remove leading whitespace characters
+			val=${val#${val%%[![:space:]]*}}
+
+			ini[$var]=$val
+		done < $ini_file
+	done
+}
+