[R-SIG-Mac] Installing packages with type="source" instead of the default binary?

[Rainer M Krug]

Hi

I am using Snow Leopard and I can compile packages (I have all tools
installed) but I am asking myself:

Is there an advantage to using type="source" instead of the binary
install of the packages? For certain packages it makes sense to have
fine grained control to link to certain versions of C libraries
(e.g. rgdal), but is there a general advantage of compiling locally?

Or is that simply a leftover from my Linux days, that I prefer locally
compiled packages?

Thanks,

Rainer

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Rainer M. Krug

email: RMKrug<at>gmail<dot>com
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