Answer by Matt Coubrough for Are questions about compiling/building...
In answer to your question I believe these questions are acceptable and can be on topic. However, every question is different so you have to be judicious when evaluating whether the question was...
View ArticleAnswer by Denys Séguret for Are questions about compiling/building...
Most often OP has a big log of what happened when trying to build, and is totally lost. Solving his problem can't usually happen with a magical reusable answer but through an help exchange with an...
View ArticleAnswer by S.L. Barth - Reinstate Monica for Are questions about...
Among the things that are explicitly on-topic, as per the Help Center, is:software tools commonly used by programmersgcc definitely applies; and the fact that gcc is ran on Ubuntu may be relevant to...
View ArticleAre questions about compiling/building third-party software off-topic for...
I've never been quite sure how to handle questions like this one where the OP is apparently having difficulty building some piece of third-party software. I guess it's on-topic if the software in...
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