[ale] Compiling from source

James Sumners james.sumners at gmail.com
Fri Jun 17 21:34:00 EDT 2011


On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:25 PM, David Tomaschik
<david at systemoverlord.com> wrote:
> Specifically, "all the source code needed to generate, install, and
> [...] run" implies to me that you must be able to build from that
> source.

That still doesn't mean it has to be _easy_, "without too much
trouble," to do. Have you tried building custom firmware for a
consumer router? I won't even attempt it. I'd rather let someone else
deal with that hassle.

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James Sumners
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is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
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