On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, duncan hall wrote:
> Some of us have pIII and Xeon machines!!!
>
> Is there an automated way of converting the source RPMS to be recompiled for pII,
> PIII, K7, Xeon etc?
>
> I'd like to give it a go.
>
> Dunc
yes and no, currently only i386-i686
something like
for arch in i386 i486 i586 i686 ; do
mkdir -p /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/$arch
mkdir -p ~/buildlog
for srpm in *.src.rpm ; do
rpm --rebuild $srpm --target $arch > $srpm.$arch.buildlog 2>&1 || \
mailto `id -un` -s 'Build of $srpm for arch $arch failed' < \
~/buildlog/$srpm.$arch.buildlog
done
done
> Arandir wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, Aaron W. wrote:
> > > I looked on the web site (briefley) and did not see a suggestions link so I
> > > am posting it here. I think it would set Mandrake apart from Red Hat and
> > > others even more to have a fully optimized Pentium II distro. I think that
> > > having the Pentium version is great but it misses several of the PIIs
> > > features. I took a look at "Lorax" and all I saw was i386 rpms. This would
> > > just add to the list as to why Mandrake kicks ass.
> >
> > But some of use don't have Pentium II's!
> >
> > The pentium optimization of Mandrake is good, but only because i486's and less
> > are getting rarer. However, straight Pentiums are still common.
> >
> > I have a friend that is thinking of using Linux because he is sick to death of
> > always having to upgrade his machine for EVERY new Windows release. He has
> > heard stories of people running Linux servers with 16Mb and a i386. He realizes
> > he will need more than that for a typical desktop/productivity setup, but if he
> > has to upgrade to a PII, a lot of the Linux advantage just evaporated for him.
> >
> > A PII distro would work, but only if a i586 and i386 versions were still
> > available. Mandrake should be more than just a Redhat for Pentium II's.
> >
> > --
> > Arandir...
> > _______________________________
> > <http://www.meer.net/~arandir/>
>
>
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