Deciding Between a Source-Code or Binary LDM Installation
In general, binary distributions of the LDM package are not supported;
consequently, you must build and install the package from the source distribution.
Other reasons why it is better to use the source-distribution include the following:
- You are sure to get the most recent version of the package (besides being unavailable, any binary version
will never be more recent than the source-code version and can be significantly older);
- You can support product-queues larger than 2 gigabytes;
- The pathname of your perl 5 utility is not /opt/bin/perl;
- You can modify the LDM programs;
- You can write your own LDM-compatible programs;
- You can port the LDM to a non-supported platform;
- You can use a non-standard installation setup;
- You can look at the code (in order to fully understand an error-message, for example);
- You can gripe about the developer being an idiot!
Building the LDM package from source should add only a few minutes to the total
installation time.