> * Package name : sse-support
> Upstream Author : me
> Binaries : sse2-support, sse3-support, more?
> Description : prevent installation on processors without required
> support
> This is a mostly dummy package, whose only purpose is to detect the presence
> of ${binary%%-support}. It refuses to install on inadequate processors, thus
> allowing specifying such a requirement as a dependency.
>
This e-mail is written with the awareness of PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and ARM64
architectures.
My gut feeling says that the package 'sse-support' is sabotage on architecture
"any".
After reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_SIMD_Extensions I'm even
more sure that "sse-support" is about 'there is only one true processor
architecture'
I think that is wrong.
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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