On Monday 26 May 2003 10:03 pm, Jesse Keating wrote: > > I too rebuilt all my RHL v9 SRPMS files. Why? Because I want software > > that will more fully utilize the advances made on microprocessors over > > the past twenty years. I understand that Red Hat must build > > 80386-compatible binaries for distribution because they don't know what > > hardware the code will actually be run on. > > Actually, RHL is compiled for i586 and above. It will not run on a 486, > let alone a 386. I stand corrected. I thought the packages were still being built with "-march=i386 -mcpu=i686". It's nice to hear we've gotten past that.
