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- Use recent stable versions of components whenever possible.
- Try and build using the SRPMs before resorting to the tarballs.
- If a bleeding edge compiler won't work, then fall back to something more tested, or just ask first. The newer, the stricter, but I always try to fix code that's not strictly correct.
- Always maximize the use of shared libraries and --enable-shared when building anything (if it's an option).
- ALWAYS enable/activate support for POSIX threads and reentrant system calls in every single piece of code that is potentially used with OpenSAML Home. If in doubt, don't ask "if it matters". Trust me, it matters. Your system simply will not be stable unless you do this.
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