Man updating packages by compiling them is so stupid
Oh look 15 updated packages from AUR
I always go with the binary version if it’s available in the AUR, ain’t nobody got time for that.
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I mean yes if time is an issue, but compiled code on your own hardware is specifically tuned to your machine, some people want that tiny tweak of performance and stability.
The point being most AUR packages are compiled on each update
But compiled on some other machine. Compiling on your own hardware optimizes it for that specific hardware and what that chip supports etc.
No, AUR packages are compiled on your machine.
Not all of them, that’s why many packages have a
[]-binversion
It’s nice to have the option though!
That’s why Gentoo now has binary repos!
oh, i should check it out then!
Special Fuck You to:
- clang
- LibreOffice
- Firefox
- llvm
I only use dwm, so no idea how long it takes to compile KDE or
GentooGnome.Everything else is so quick. Just those four take 20-30 minutes each.
You forgot rust
Might I add:
- GCC
- webkit-gtk
qt as well
I usually compile with
--quiet-build=y, it doesn’t have to be configures and makefiles blasting into a shell window the whole time. On the rare occasions where a build fails there’s still the log in/var/tmp/portage/....I am rolling a few Gentoo VM’s these days and it’s really not that bad to compile things these days and I am on an old ass (10 year) dual Xeon setup. I remember X taking a few days to a week to compile back in the 2000’s
