-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:21, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > I am assuming that the reason one would want to compile the sources is > to use compiler options for a particular processor (586, 686, etc.). Is > this the primary advantage or are there other advantages?
1) If you're running stable or testing and want a newer version 2) Compiling for your processor/with particular optimisations 3) You want different options passed to the configure script, e.g. a KDE look rather than a QT look, a GTK interface. Generally as a maintainer I will select a minimal number of configure options so the package doesn't depend on too many other programs. 4) You might need to make a tiny tweak to the code 5) it feels good to compile programs yourself Corrin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6d-cvs (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8itv9i5A0ZsG8x8cRAhOIAJ4/hZX3mPP3S8I7grmsk/zgiOL3/wCeP5Mw hVuImw6/rrcbgMh4h219Ak0= =sRTQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
