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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<guide self="general-concepts/features/">
+<chapter>
+<title>FEATURES</title>
+
+<body>
+<p>
+The <c>FEATURES</c> variable specifies options which affect how portage operates
+and how packages are compiled. It is **not** used for settings which have a
+substantial effect upon the resulting generated package.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Relevant <c>FEATURES</c> for developers include:
+</p>
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Feature</th>
+    <th>Explanation</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>autoaddcvs</c></ti>
+    <ti>Automatically runs a <c>cvs add</c> for certain files.</ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>collision-protect</c></ti>
+    <ti>
+      Raise an error if an installing package attempts to overwrite a file which
+      is provided by a different package.
+    </ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>cvs</c></ti>
+    <ti>Generate proper digests even when <c>SRC_URI</c> has conditional elements.</ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>sandbox</c></ti>
+    <ti>Enable the sandbox.</ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>sign</c></ti>
+    <ti>GPG sign manifest files.</ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>strict</c></ti>
+    <ti>
+      Do some extra checks for potentially dangerous situations (eg missing
+      <c>Manifest</c> files).
+    </ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>test</c></ti>
+    <ti>Enable the <c>src_test</c> phase.</ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>userpriv</c></ti>
+    <ti>Drop to non-root privileges for certain phases.</ti>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <ti><c>usersandbox</c></ti>
+    <ti>Enables the sandbox even when running non-privileged.</ti>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+</body>
+</chapter>
+</guide>