-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 May 2012 11:44:44 -0500 Matyas Selmeci <matyas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I'm wondering about the meaning of the arch i386. Is it just a label, > or are i386 packages still compiled to only use instructions that a > 386 had? And if the latter, how come? > > Thanks, > -Matyas Selmeci 32 bit x86 use i386 as the basearch in yum, its what $baseach in the mirrorlists resolves to all it means today in fedora land is 32 bit x86. Dennis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+seAQACgkQkSxm47BaWff7CACgq/ZLMPxO00t7ZMO2aJpyabhL rrwAn1Ppclf9tkAQ0GtjHa+esgbI5rya =SCu9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel