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Old 11-09-2004, 03:44 PM   #1
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Architectures for rpm DLs, do they matter?


ive been downlaoding rpm files and wine.rpms etc and i was wondering if it mattered what kind of file it was that im download?
when it sais i386 or i686 what does that mean?
my distro is for i386 but i have a i686
does it matter which kind of file i downlaod?

I have an amd2100+ what is that, 686?
if so then should i install only rpms for i686?
 
Old 11-09-2004, 04:12 PM   #2
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hi
386 is ur processor archit

max machines now are of 686 archit but the packages are released asof to support max. types of architec

so a i386 package will work on 386 and 686
while 686 package weill work on 686 only

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Old 11-09-2004, 04:33 PM   #3
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Files in RPM are compiled [with Optimization flags] for a given architecture.
 
Old 11-09-2004, 11:45 PM   #4
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to ad on to that

for a given architecture and for a given environment compirsing of the kernel .OS ,compiler etc etc

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