Thornton Prime schrieb:
> On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, lee wrote:
>
> > does this i386 vs i686 really make that big a difference ???
>
> It can, in terms of performance, compatability, and debugging. Depending
> on the code, I have seen speedups of between 5% and 30% compiling i686
> vs. i386. I have also had an occasional nightmare of incompatability that
> needed debugging.
>
> > > >I'm wondering if there's anyway to find out if any particular installed
> > > package came from an i686 vs. an i386. Most of them are i386, of course, but
> > > I do install i686s when I can. however rpm -q <package_name> doesn't tell
> > > you the arch of the original rpm. Is there any quick way of finding out?
>
> rpm -q --qf '%{ARCH}\n' <packagename>
>
> > > rpm -qi package_name will display the long info on it :) Should include the
> > > arch type as well. Hope this helps.
>
> I agree. The package architecture should be included in the standard info.
>
> I would even go so far as to propose the normal query ('rpm -q') show
> architecture in addition to name, version, and release.
>
> thornton
Hello,
this is very interesting because when reading this lines I ask myself what is going
to happen if you are running i386 and i686 compiled clients at the same time. I
think this is my situation now, till now I avoided to compile the packages by myself
(mostly concerning trouble with missing libs or false version etc.) . If I would
like to recompile most of my programs, at least those i386 packages do I have to re-
install my RH 7.0 totally or is there a smarter way to do so....
Ciao Thomas
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