Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
2009/1/3 Michael S. Dunsavage <mikesd1@verizon.net>:
On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 01:21 -0300, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
in most scenarios, rebuilding packages from source will not produce any noticeable benefit for you.
The only time I see compiling a necessity is if the binary needs to be compiled with a certain option.
It would still be nice to have as then if the precompiled rpm package is defunct, then a user can download the source and compile it specific to their system.
If I were you, I would raise a Request for Enhancement jd.
Not sure what is being asked for here. If I build from source - which I have on many occasions - then I do a simple configure > make > checkinstall routine. That gives me an RPM for installation. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org