SPAM-HIGH.Re: [Gllug] [OT] Appreciation

Pete Ryland pdr at pdr.cx
Wed Dec 20 19:22:00 UTC 2006


On 20/12/06, Russell Howe <rhowe at siksai.co.uk> wrote:
> The problem there is often that bleeding edge software often requires a
> bleeding edge platform to build & run on, so you either end up
> installing a whole raft of bleeding edge libraries (and perhaps
> compilers).

This is less so when you are compiling things yourself.  That is, if
you compile a cvs version of an application, it should be using
autotools to detect how it needs to talk to your libraries.

Pete
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