Hi! On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 12:58:50AM +0100, NoSSE2 wrote: > Dear Maintainer, > > I tried to start Konqueror on a fresh install of Debian by typing konqueror > into LXTerminal, it doesn't start, just crashes all the time. > > It violates the i386 baseline by using SSE2 unconditionally, even if the host > CPU doesn't support it (tested on a downclocked Athlon XP). > > I suggest that https://wiki.debian.org/SIMDEverywhere might be helpful in > developing a patch, if it isn't just a compiler flag fix. > > If this issue/bug is unfixable, the package should depend on package > sse2-support (i386 only). Yes, it is unfixable. Qt WebEngine is based on Chromium which requires SSE2 since 2014 [1] and SSE3 since version 89 (2020) [2][3]. Qt WebEngine 5.15 is based on Chromium 87 so it does not require SSE3 yet, but definitely requires SSE2. I will add a dependency on sse2-support. [1]: https://codereview.chromium.org/197403004 [2]: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1123353 [3]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QUzL4MGNqX4wiLvukUwBf6FdCL35kCDoEJTm2wMkahw/edit?usp=sharing -- Dmitry Shachnev
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