| From: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Bjørn T Johansen <btj(at)havleik(dot)no> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: RHEL |
| Date: | 2003-11-13 19:56:59 |
| Message-ID: | 3FB3E20B.3020104@paradise.net.nz |
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Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
>Just a question... Are there any reasons not to just take the source and
>compile it under RHEL 3.0? Or am I missing something?
>(We are about to install 3.0, so I would really like to know..)
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In fact there are some reasons *to* do this :
- compiler optimizations specific for your platform
- add or remove configurable options from the build
Ps : and in principle, the whole *point* of having an open source
product is the freedom to get the source and build it yourself :-)
Just 2c
Mark
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