> A downside is that you'll need fast machines to comfortably build
> packages.  I wouldn't use it on my Pentium 3 800Mhz for example.  That
> would take ages to compile system/world with recent GCC versions.  I
> guess GCC was much faster in the 2.x versions back then?

How painful is it, really, to run the job when you
are asleep or away from the machine? Cron the update
or use "at" to get the changes you want when you are
away from the console.

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