Re: Compiling from source
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> [Compile from source]
>
> Question: does this really improve performance?
A little. How much depends on the package. Remember that maintainers will
compile with -O2 and other optimisations, so all you gain is arch specific
optimisations. For some applications these might be as much as 5%.
The real benefit is you can pass configure extra options without losing the
advantages of a centralised software database.
> If compiling locally does improve
> performance, is there a way I can use these src urls to do it within
> Debian?
Yes, but it isn't as easy as portage. You can use the program turtle (the
Hurd autobuilder) to automatically download and recompile software you want.
It will effectivly create a local mirror of a remote repository where
everything in that mirror is compiled locally. It wouldn't be hard to script
it to do the equivilant of a dist-upgrade each night.
You'll run into a few hassles when installing new software since your
sources.list will point to file://.
Corrin
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