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> Second, once we have done compiling a few times, compiling a program from its latest sources can be easier than figuring out how to install an often older ver
by rrwo 4y ago
> Second, once we have done compiling a few times, compiling a program from its latest sources can be easier than figuring out how to install an often older version with our distribution’s package manager.
This is nonsense.
- rrwo 4y agoI'll add that the "older" versions of some utilities in a distribution's package managers often have patches with security fixes from newer versions. The distribution's package manager will identify when there's a newer version, especially with critical security fixes, so I don't have to regularly do manual checks to see if something should be upgraded. Newest isn't always better, and I'm usually happy to be conservative about common system utilities like tar and gzip.