[CentOS] CentOS 4.0 -> 4.1 update failing

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 09:54:08AM +0200, Maciej Żenczykowski wrote:
> a) If (some) i386 packages are being built with -march=i486 then they 
> (possibly, I do realize there's only like 2 or 3 new instructions) won't 
> run on a 386 anyway, will they? so shouldn't they be called .i486.rpm?

This is highly, highly theoretical, since I don't think there's very many
machines anywhere in the world with a i386 ISA and enough memory to boot
CentOS.

> c) If redhat isn't supporting anything below a 686 anyway then why don't 
> they switch all .386 packages all the way up to 686?  I know the 
> performance gain isn't stellar, but if the packages are not designed for 
> installation on anything < 686 then there's not much point in _not_ 
> compiling for 686 - the binary packages will be the approx same size 
> anyway and will require the same amount of CDspace/bandwidth.

Not worth the bother. In a few years, everything will be x86_64.

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