Bug#855198: Fwd: Bug#855198: Adding i386 support

[David Bremner]

Ignacio Losiggio  writes:

>>Why is an i386 package only usable if compiled with sse2 instructions?
>>If you are targeting post-2003 computers, why aren't you using an amd64
>>build anyway?
>
> Lots of x86_64 machines run x86 systems due to low RAM availability, they
> are 2010 Atom netbooks, etc.
>
> For the low RAM ones i think that currently debian x32 it's not an option
> if you aren't a power user.

I stumbled across this bug because of an (unrelated) question about
obs-studio on #debian. It might be ok to use sse2 instructions if you
also also depend on the package sse2-support (although this is a bit
unsettled at the moment). It's definitely not OK if the resulting
package installs and crashes (or malfunctions) on i386 w/o SSE2.

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Bug#855198: Fwd: Bug#855198: Adding i386 support

[Ignacio Losiggio]

>Why is an i386 package only usable if compiled with sse2 instructions?
>If you are targeting post-2003 computers, why aren't you using an amd64
>build anyway?

Lots of x86_64 machines run x86 systems due to low RAM availability, they
are 2010 Atom netbooks, etc.

For the low RAM ones i think that currently debian x32 it's not an option
if you aren't a power user.

Bug#855198: Adding i386 support

[Fabian Greffrath]

Am Mittwoch, den 07.03.2018, 11:58 -0300 schrieb Ignacio Losiggio:
> I know that not _every_ x86 machine has sse2 support but i think that
> having a usable package for those who use x86 on post-2003 computers 

Why is an i386 package only usable if compiled with sse2 instructions?
If you are targeting post-2003 computers, why aren't you using an amd64
build anyway?

 - Fabian


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Bug#855198: Adding i386 support

[Ignacio Losiggio]

Hi, i've compiled this package and it's libs for i386 adding -msse2 to both
CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS in the debian/rules file.

I know that not _every_ x86 machine has sse2 support but i think that
having a usable package for those who use x86 on post-2003 computers is
advantageous. I could provide my modified rules (it's a two lines change
:P).

Any chances on having this working for debian?