The great thing about compiling it on your machine is you KNOW that it is compiled using YOUR libraries, and does not make assumptions about other 'supported' libraries being installed. If you 'tweak' the config, you can even get it optimized for your CPU and leave out some 'features' you don't need. (I haven't run on a i386 without a built in floating point unit for a long time, so FPU emulation software is probably not needed!)
But since most of my machines are 'fast enough' for me, I do load binary packages when possible. But I have also installed BackupPC from tarballs because the Ubuntu support folks (volunteers, so I can't rag on the to much) don't seem to keep up very closely. Just a thought. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:30 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] compiling from source vs. installing from apackage I put forth my listed points (and a few more) at this page: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/install_from_package I put it under the off-topic section since it really is off-topic for the list. I invite others to contribute their views to it; perhaps in a section underneath which offers counterpoints and the advantages of compiling directly from source tarballs. I *do* myself compile directly from source tarballs on occasion; but only on test machines (like a vmware session), and for purposes of trying out the software, and only when there isn't a similar package available. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
