Re: Pro and con compilation.

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From: Ken Yap
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 00:00

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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.961201200737.19008B-100000@jolt>:
|Could not find answers to the dilema.
|What way is preferred: To use software as supplied in distributions or to 
|compile from source code.
|What are the advantages of either approach.
|Stanislaw.  [Just one year on Linux] 

I only recompile when I need something non-standard from the software
not in the distribution, e.g. an extra Ghostscript driver; or the
distribution is too old; or when I suspect the distribution has a
version related bug; when I want a custom version, e.g. Linux kernel;
when I must have the latest and greatest; and perhaps a few sundry
reasons.  About 95% of my software is off the CDROM. Life's too short
to waste compiling everything.

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Subject: Re: Pro and con compilation.
Date: 1996/12/01
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