> But really... Its not that big a deal to me. I compile whatever I need
> against
> whatever libs the system has installed. They do not need to be replaced
> because I'm building from source... not installing prebuilt binaries
> compiled
> against libs I don't have on the system.
>
> Automake and autoconf my friend ;-)
Some applications require specific versions of libraries. For example,
Gnucash (or at least it used to). So, if half the libraries on your
system aren't bleeding-edge, then you have to rebuild half the libraries
on your system.
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