Re: dpkg thinks my pentium is an i486 ?
On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 10:15:03AM +0100, Joost Kooij wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, joost witteveen wrote:
>
> > Isn't this because we want packages built on Intel systems to be the
> > same? If dpgk were to report "Pentium", and some compiler is going
> > to create real Pentium code (that doesn't run on i386), then you
> > wouldn't be able to build Intel packages on your pentium any more.
>
> Hmm, I'm confused even more now. I thought that all standard debian intel
> packages are built for i386? Some time ago, I built an i486 kernel and it
> wouldn't boot on an i386, I had to rebuild it for i386. Returning to my
> question, this would mean that a package that I build on an i586 wouldn't
> run on an i386 because it is built for i486?
I have the impression that the default kernel is built for i386, and
everything else uses gcc's default of i486. Regular programs which
are built for i486 will run on i386, but the kernel won't.
Adam Klein
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