Francis Galiegue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 13 Sep 2000, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> 
> > Reinhard Katzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi Cooker!
> > > 
> > > The current RPM does not include an important option for i586 in 
>/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:
> > > -mcpu=pentium
> > 
> > march is enough. mcpu defaults to march.
> > 
> > 
> 
> NO. The arch option allows the compiler to use the given CPU's specific
> instructions. The cpu option makes the compiler reorder instructions for faster
> execution on this CPU, but without introducing specific arch instructions. This
> is not the same thing at all.

Yes, I know this is not the same thing. The thing is that we already
talked very much about that, and what I remember was Titi saying that when
-mcpu is not specified, it defaults to -march is -march is specified. I
can be totally wrong, either..


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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

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