Re: Building software from source
--On Monday, September 12, 2005 5:18 PM +0200 Alexander Dalloz
<ad+lists(a)uni-x.org> wrote:
If you ask me: use Fedora RPMs (Core, Extras, livna, etc.) wherever
you
can and avoid compiling yourself. What do you gain by compiling PHP
yourself?
In most cases the RPM's are built with reasonable settings, but sometimes
one wants something non-standard. In that case, download the source RPM,
which contains the original sources used to create the binary RPM, tweak it
to your desired settings, and rebuild. http://www.rpm.org/ for more info.