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UNIX can really suck some times
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The Godfather
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Nov 14, 2005, 06:49 AM
 
You would never guess how long it takes to install the GNU Microchip PIC utilities. Pretend you are an OSX tech support and you have to install this software in my computer. How much would you charge?

http://www.electric-clothing.com/tools.html#id858238

Hint: it is taking over 12 hours of make
     
turtle777
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Nov 14, 2005, 11:58 AM
 
Originally Posted by The Godfather
Hint: it is taking over 12 hours of make
Well, but how much of that time is just unsupervised "processing" and compiling ?

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Nov 14, 2005, 12:12 PM
 
Ask for OS X binaries through Fink, or the project maintainer... Or, compile it once, and simply zip up your /sw directory and transfer this directory to another machine. Everything is self contained within this directory.
     
   
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