Re: [gentoo-user] Binary chrome - is it safe in terms of dependencies?
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Yohan Pereira > wrote: >> On 30/01/13 at 11:09pm, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: >>> Since Gentoo updates libraries very quickly, I'm wondering if it is >>> safe to use the binary version? Has anyone faced library breakages on >>> this? >>> >>> Chromium is easily recompiled with new libraries and you don't have a >>> broken browser, which won't really be the case with the binary >>> version. >> >> I've used the binary version (google-chrome) for a while and never >> had any breakages. I guess if there's a library update that could >> potentially break google-chrome the gentoo devs would add a blocker so >> you wont be able to install the 2 at the same time. >> > > Or I can just bundle a copy of the necessary libraries, similar to > what I have done for libudev.so.0. > Sounds good. I guess I'll switch to binary chrome then. -- Nilesh Govindrajan http://nileshgr.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Binary chrome - is it safe in terms of dependencies?
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Yohan Pereira wrote: > On 30/01/13 at 11:09pm, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: >> Since Gentoo updates libraries very quickly, I'm wondering if it is >> safe to use the binary version? Has anyone faced library breakages on >> this? >> >> Chromium is easily recompiled with new libraries and you don't have a >> broken browser, which won't really be the case with the binary >> version. > > I've used the binary version (google-chrome) for a while and never > had any breakages. I guess if there's a library update that could > potentially break google-chrome the gentoo devs would add a blocker so > you wont be able to install the 2 at the same time. > Or I can just bundle a copy of the necessary libraries, similar to what I have done for libudev.so.0.
Re: [gentoo-user] Binary chrome - is it safe in terms of dependencies?
On 30/01/13 at 11:09pm, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > Since Gentoo updates libraries very quickly, I'm wondering if it is > safe to use the binary version? Has anyone faced library breakages on > this? > > Chromium is easily recompiled with new libraries and you don't have a > broken browser, which won't really be the case with the binary > version. I've used the binary version (google-chrome) for a while and never had any breakages. I guess if there's a library update that could potentially break google-chrome the gentoo devs would add a blocker so you wont be able to install the 2 at the same time. I have since migrated to chromium (on account of getting a more powerful processor). The chromium compile took a hell of a long time on my old dual core. Even on my fx8150 it still takes about an hour. -- - Yohan Pereira The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain
[gentoo-user] Binary chrome - is it safe in terms of dependencies?
There are two packages of chrome on repository, one is the binary version officially made available by Google and another is the open source version chromium. Since Gentoo updates libraries very quickly, I'm wondering if it is safe to use the binary version? Has anyone faced library breakages on this? Chromium is easily recompiled with new libraries and you don't have a broken browser, which won't really be the case with the binary version. -- Nilesh Govindrajan http://nileshgr.com
