Okay, thanks.  I'll take that in and try to digest it, try to find examples 
what that means.


> Gesendet: Montag, 20. Mai 2019 um 19:58 Uhr
> Von: "Daniel Frey" <djqf...@gmail.com>
> An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Betreff: Re: [gentoo-user] keywords vs use variables
>
> On 5/20/19 10:54 AM, n952...@web.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can someone explain the difference between keywords (as in 
> > package.accept_keywords) and use variables (as in package.use/)?
> >
> > Or point me to concise documentation that makes the difference clear?
> >
>
> I'll try.
>
> Keywording allows you to mask/unmask specific (or show/hide) versions of
> a package.
>
> USE variables affect build-time dependencies and options on multiple
> versions of a package.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Dan
>
>

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