Mark Hobley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If a system is installed at a build level of say i486, ie the kernel is > vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-486, the generated configure scripts may use a build > level above this, even though the system is supposed to be i486 > compatible. > > We have chosen a 486 build level for compatibility across all machines > i486 or higher. > > When building packages using ./configure, the autoconf tool reports: > > checking build system type... i686-pc-linux > checking host system type... i686-pc-linux > > I believe that this is not correct and should read: > > checking build system type... i486-pc-linux > checking host system type... i486-pc-linux > > Using a level above our selected build level, may produce compatibility > problems if the compiled packages are moved to a 486 machine, or to > other machines compatible with, but higher than our i486 build level, > and indeed higher than our installed system level.
Please give a specific example of a package that is adversely affected by this bug. -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
