Bin (Binary) versions of packages, as in the binary executable. Rather than compiling the software (which takes time and is flexible) download the final bin file (quicker to download and set up). Only available for some packages when someone else has compiled and made a release version of it.
I give 0 fucks about clang and llvm, maybe I should switch those to bins, but then how will I know what is inside, when I can’t check the source code even now?
What’s the difference?
Bin (Binary) versions of packages, as in the binary executable. Rather than compiling the software (which takes time and is flexible) download the final bin file (quicker to download and set up). Only available for some packages when someone else has compiled and made a release version of it.
“Bin, as in it belongs in the bin” - Gentoo Gang, probably
call me a racoon then
“Know your fucking place, trash”
absolutely the worst packages to build on Gentoo.
I give 0 fucks about clang and llvm, maybe I should switch those to bins, but then how will I know what is inside, when I can’t check the source code even now?
/s
They would say, if they didn’t forget to set the USE flags to enable ASCII support