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From: Yohan Pereira <yohan.pereira@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Binary chrome - is it safe in terms of dependencies?
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:39:24 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130130180924.GA16018@dethkomp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHgBc-uMOTJqQaPYYw2QxLwM0O5KbcOxi7poM=8Busfwgf5pjg@mail.gmail.com>

On 30/01/13 at 11:09pm, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> Since Gentoo updates libraries very quickly, I'm wondering if it is
> safe to use the binary version? Has anyone faced library breakages on
> this?
> 
> Chromium is easily recompiled with new libraries and you don't have a
> broken browser, which won't really be the case with the binary
> version.

I've used the binary version (google-chrome) for a while and never
had any breakages. I guess if there's a library update that could
potentially break google-chrome the gentoo devs would add a blocker so
you wont be able to install the 2 at the same time.

I have since migrated to chromium (on account of getting a more
powerful processor). The chromium compile took a hell of a long time on
my old dual core. Even on my fx8150 it still takes about an hour.


-- 

- Yohan Pereira

The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference
between a mermaid and a seal.
                -- Mark Twain


  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-30 18:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-30 17:39 [gentoo-user] Binary chrome - is it safe in terms of dependencies? Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-30 18:09 ` Yohan Pereira [this message]
2013-01-31  1:35   ` Mike Gilbert
2013-01-31  6:56     ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-31 12:08       ` [gentoo-user] " Nuno Silva
2013-01-31 12:26         ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-31 16:30           ` Nuno Silva

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