On Wednesday 19 March 2003 11:26 am, you wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > w9ya wrote: > > Perhaps Mandrake can/would compile the whole thing (distro) -mcpu i686 > > - -02 > > > instead of -march ???. That way you can ..."have your cake and eat it > > too." > > > Also, for those that just have to have more than what that offers > > (which is > > > little as it turns out , according to the gcc folks), then have the build > > process passed a variable for compilation from a "rc" file in etc, which > > itself can be changed easily enough. Many distros are doing this now. > > Or you can just make your own ~/.rpmmacros file and do what you like, or > use a target option passed to rpm. > > The problem isn't rebuilding a package. The problem is rebuilding many > packages, and only the ones required, with fetching them remotely if > necessary (which the rpm rebuilder doesn't do). > > Buchan
Ah well thank you for the tip. Now about my FIRST paragraph. It would solve the need to build almost all packages for almost all users, regardless of x86 processor. Check this out in the gcc docs. Bob > - -- > > |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| > > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+eJozrJK6UGDSBKcRAkQcAJ488gm5sYDfZZfJ/63Zsvuvl9RMogCgxk4t > znf/IiugydJo7ZwT1crfn+0= > =Z9i0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
