i686 repository

[Sam Barnett-Cormack]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, nyook wrote:

> Colin Charles wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 00:25, Phil Hannent wrote:
> >
> >>Does anyone know of a repository that has i686 binaries compiled for fedora?
> >
> >
> > They are all i686 optimised.
>
> I see. Does that mean that although the files are labeled i386 they are
> compiled for i386 "under the hood"?

IIRC, they are minimall i686 optimised - that is to say, they will run
on a 386 still, but will run more optimally on a 686. However, they
won't use any extension instructions.

I could be wrong.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack
Software Developer                           |  Student of Physics & Maths
UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk)  |  Lancaster University