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Re: gEDA-user: On the nitty-gritty of user-experienced problems

binary package is a security hole. Someone can put a malicious code
into the binary and noone will notice.


The MD5 will change.


Binary packages run slower because are not optimized for the particular
processor. I have notices about 2 times speedup between compiled GCC
and binary GCC. I don't want to buy 3.6GHz system. I'll stick with
my 1.8GHz one.

Don't exaggerate the difference. Most users never notice the speedup between a precompiled binary and locally compiled sources. A 2X speedup is rare.

-d