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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: keywords vs use variables
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 23:35:17
Message-Id: qbvd9m$54g8$2@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] keywords vs use variables by n952162@web.de
1 On 20/05/2019 20:54, n952162@×××.de wrote:
2 > Can someone explain the difference between keywords (as in package.accept_keywords) and use variables (as in package.use/)?
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4 Others chimed in already, but an easy way to describe it is:
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6 Keywords control whether or not a package is allowed to be installed.
7 USE flags change the configuration of the package.

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