On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, [iso-8859-1] hicham linux wrote: > Thanks for the long and longer answers :) > so even if I download the i686 kernel glibc rpms > it won't change much ? You *should* use i686 kernel, glibc, and openssl if you have an i686. In fact, they should have been the ones that got installed. Most other RPMs won't benefit much from the change. Try "grep i686 /var/log/rpmpkgs" to see whether you have them. > > > --- John Haxby <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > Jesse Keating wrote: > > > > >On Saturday 18 October 2003 09:07, hicham linux > > uttered: > > > > > > > > >>would like to know what's the easy and straight > > way to > > >>compile the RH9 rpms sources for an i686 ? > > >>will I gain in speed ? > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Short answer, no. > > > > > Long answer: they're already optimised for an i686. > > > > Even longer answer: There are very few RPMs that > > benefit from being > > compiled for i686 so that they won't run on other > > architectures. Only > > three Red Hat RPMs spring to mind: the kernel, glibc > > and openssh -- and > > surprisingly enough these come in i686-specific > > variants. > > > > jch > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > ___________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! > Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com > > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
