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As a user, you can always ask for the package to be compiled from source. This is also what will happen if you ask for non-standard options. The advantage of
by Athas 8y ago
As a user, you can always ask for the package to be compiled from source. This is also what will happen if you ask for non-standard options. The advantage of using binary packages is time: I have a Homebrew formula that takes 40 minutes to build from source, but maybe ten seconds to install from a binary package.
- saagarjha 8y agoOptions have been deprecated, and I haven’t been able to find anything that replaces them that the maintainers are willing to discuss.
- mikemcquaid 8y agoOptions have been removed in the main Homebrew/homebrew-core tap but are not deprecated for user taps.