Bug#823544: dpkg: Won't run at all on i586 Pentium MMX due to illegal instruction

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Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Subject: Bug#823544: dpkg: Won't run at all on i586 Pentium MMX due to illegal instruction
From: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 06:19:56 +0000
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Reply-to: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>, 823544@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <20160505203239.GB8872@rene-engelhard.de>
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Hi,

I have committed an initial draft in [r11219].  Review welcome.

Do we have any trivial way of detecting whether a given i586 CPU will be
supported?  I am thinking a small shell snippet that an end-user can run
that will give an "Yes" or "No" answer.

Thanks,
~Niels

[r11219]: https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/ddp?view=revision&revision=11219

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