Re: Installing *i686.deb's with dpkg (wrong system type: i386 vs. i686)
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 10:13:01PM +0000, rrp wrote:
> I built a Debian source package optimized for my i686 system
> by modifying the debian/rules (CFLAGS= -O3 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686).
>
> When I try to install my new binary with
> 'dpkg -i gzip_1.3.2-3.686_i686.deb' I get an error that
> the architecture of my package (i686) doesen't fit my system
> type (i386).
Don't alter the architecture of the package as you have done. Just
revert your changes to dpkg-architecture and leave it as i386.
Subarchitecture support is (I'm told) being worked on, but requires
quite substantially more work than just a quick hack to the name of the
.deb.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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