Re: any use to build from source?

From: Parv (parv_at_pair.com)
Date: 06/18/04

  • Next message: Giorgos Keramidas: "Re: any use to build from source?" 
    Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:32:11 -0400
To: Patrick Useldinger <pu@vo.lu>

    in message <40D33478.3060705@vo.lu>,
    wrote Patrick Useldinger thusly...
    >
    > (Building from source) allows you to compile with the compiler
    > options you want, you are able to optimize the binaries for your
    > CPU, but: does it really matter? Are the speed improvements really
    > visible?

    I haven't run any benchmarks related to speed for use of software on
    a personal, non-server computer.

    In case when debugging support in a software would be needed,
    already built software would be lacking.

    > Dependencies was another argument: you compile with the correct
    > headers of dependant files, well... is that really so? If you
    > upgraded the dependant binaries, wouldn't you get the same effect?

    I see compiling from source as a way to reduce and/or alter
    dependencies, and number/size of installed files.

    One drawback of using pkg_add to install a binary package is that it
    requires unnecessary upgrade of dependencies. If a package to be
    installed requires x-1.2.3 but x-1.2.2_p9 is already installed AND
    there will be no problem of using x-1.2.2_p9, x-1.2.3 will be
    installed regardless in addition to x-1.2.2_p9, quite possibly
    overwriting the files.

    The packages are almost never suitable for me even though i do not
    run servers other than for personal needs.

    > One certain drawback of compiling from source is the compilation
    > time. Large packages like KDE or OpenOffice take ages, so you
    > can't just "quickly" upgrade a whole system

    That sure is true, in addition to requirement of large build space
    too, jdk-1.4 requires ~1.7 GB for example.

    BTW, your concerns have had been dealt w/ in past, at least once
    this year.

      - Parv 

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