Of course. I have an installation from tarball of gcc 2.95.3 in
/usr/local for exactly that reason. But there seems to be a tendency on
the part of some users to grab the tarball first and ask questions later.
That seems to me to defeat the whole point of having RPMs to begin with.
So unless there is a good reason not to, I try to recommend RPMs over
tarballs whenever possible (and checkinstall when it's not possible).
Absolutely true. If your purpose is to maintain a consistent approach
for maintenance and upgrades, use RPMs where ever and whenever
possible. Saves alot of headaches... :-)
-Bob
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