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Re: is there a i586 distro?



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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 11:00:49AM -0600, Ray wrote:
> or others that are compiled/optimized for the later i386 PCs?

No.

> if not, how should i go about mass source compiling debs for my computers?
> (i have a couple P1 laptops, P2s and a P4)

apt-get -b build-dep <package>
apt-get -b source <package>

for every package.  You'll probably need to tweak some files in each
of the source packages to enable subarch optimisation.

> and is it worth it?

Only if you consider spending hours compiling to save a few
milliseconds to be worth it.  Plus the optimisations in gcc for the
newer sub-architectures aren't totally reliable.  Don't bother, you
won't see much of a difference in day to day use on most software, and
what software there is that does benefit has multiple packages (ogle
and mplayer are the only two I know of).

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