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____/ Homer on Wednesday 24 Aug 2011 02:02 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> I don't like to compile programs that I can get from repos , not just
>> because of speed.
>
> There's no practical difference between "yum update" and "emerge
> --update". Both happen in the background, so unless you're in some
> particular hurry for an update, there's no great advantage to binary
> repos.
I assume the binaries are better tested. At least there is no risk of compilation errors.
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