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charcircuit on April 26, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Parallel ./configure

>Also in 2025 most packages are tailored for the operating system by packagers - not the original authors.

No? Most operating systems don't have a separate packager. They have the developer package the application.

monkeyelite on April 26, 2025 [–]

Yes? Each operating system is very different and almost every package has patches or separate install scripts.

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