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I will take Windows's "sometimes there's very little you can do about it" against Linux's "compile it and all its dependencies (probably versions of those depen
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
I will take Windows's "sometimes there's very little you can do about it" against Linux's "compile it and all its dependencies (probably versions of those dependencies from the same time period, and possibly even their dependencies) from source" any day.
- cycloptic 6y agoYou don't want to do that. The first situation is not fixable, the second one is.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoHow very Linux Community of you to tell me what I want to do.
- MayeulC 6y agoPart of my point was: if these dependencies are still maintained, chances are their API remained stable, so you only have to compile it with the new headers in most cases. Sometimes, you indeed have to compile obscure dependencies. This is a consequence of a userspace where most software is open source, and where distributions systematically recompile every package. As a side-effect, it is also generally more portable across architectures.