From: listy-dyskusyjne Krzysztof Dabrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:After compilation of f.e. XFree you are copying all the files separately or
:just doing "make install"?
:If you are doing the latter then you are as much dumb as i am when i do rpm
:-i to install stuff. Nobody prevents you from checking the content and
:paths in the rpm (midnigh commander can browse rpms even). You are just
:saving time... belive me.
This is not true at all. When you download the latest source for a program,
and build it yourself, you are guaranteeing yourself the following:
1) That the code was not messed with (verifiable with pgp signatures, or md5
checksum)
2) That you are running the latest version (With RedHat, you never know if
you are getting the latest version, or some RedHat-bastardized edition of an
older version, or whatever)
3) That the code is optimized for your particular system (for instance,
running pgcc with -O6 -mpentiumpro).
4) *You* decide where the binaries/config files/etc. go.
5) You now have the source. You can examine it, make changes, etc.
:Kris
--Adam
