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[Kai Ponte <kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
> 2009/1/3 Michael S. Dunsavage <mikesd1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>   
> > 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.



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