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OpenMandriva repository mass rebuild

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 05, 2023

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We are currently running a mass rebuild of all packages making up OpenMandriva, because we have updated our main compiler (this is the tool that translates programmer readable code into machine code) to Clang 16.

While not strictly necessary, after a big compiler update it is a good idea to rebuild everything: it makes the system more reproducable (if you rebuild a package, you get the same results), it may well speed up things (because the newer compiler generates better machine code), and last but not least it makes sure the updated compiler is working properly.

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