Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 25, 2005 01:59 AM
I've been using Gentoo for several years now, and you are right about the compilation time being a downside. However, for some of the larger packages there are also binary versions available so if you don't care about those extra microseconds, you can use this option. I think they are usually suffixed with -bin in the name. The -k and -g options may also be useful. I'll even admit I've done it a few times myself. (Ever compiled openoffice from source?<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 25, 2005 01:59 AM#