On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:03:12 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > >> This is a very basic question but confusing me for very long. so i need >> your help. >> >> why people do compiling. > > For many reasons but mainly because there are no binaries available for > your system and you have to get the sources and build a package. > >> i have heard many time that people are compiling kernel on debian. > > That's a good example. > >> what is the reason for this? i am using debian for almost 1.5 year and >> have been using it on different platform in CLI mode. but no need of >> compiling in this time window. > > I don't like compiling so much within my main systems, it requires many > libraries and packages to be installed in the system and I prefer to keep > packaging at the bare minimum... so then, why I compile a kernel? Mainly > for debugging purposes. > > For instance, I have many problems with my wireless card that uses > several kernel modules (brcmsmac, cordic, crdca, brcmutils, mac80211...) > and I need to try either a) patches that solve my reconnect problems or > b) updated versions of these modules, thus I need compiling a new kernel. > > People also compile kernels because that's the only way to get the latest > upstream kernel and latest kernels usually provide support for new > devices or have nice functionalities not present in older reelases. > >> secondly i have read that people are compiling Squid SAMBA and all the >> other packages but why. i am using KVM, squid samba etc for almost more >> then 1 year and all the servers are providing me what ever i asled all >> the services are very comprehensive and could be fit in any environment >> then why compiling? > > When all works fine there's usually no need to compile things. > > People compile becasue they want to add a new feature not present in the > current binary (for example, they want samba with a determined flag or > parameter "on/off"), to solve a problem/bug or to apply a patch, etc... > Thanks very informative :)
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