On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 23:10, Mike Chambers wrote: > Except for those packages that are built against multiple architectures, why > do we even need the i386 in the name anyway? > > Things like kernel, glibc and such I understand. But if packages are built > to run on just about every machine, then why not just leave it off? Well, consider alpha, sparc, sparc64, ia64, s390, ppc and others. The whole world doesn't use only x86 instructions, just most of it. -- Chris Kloiber -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list