Re: Note Pentium Optimized only really helps P5 CPUs ...

[Stephen Pitts <smpitts@midsouth.rr.com>]

On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:57:37PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> I like the idea of having optimized packages for the High-End users
> but i think it will cause a LOT bigger ftp sites (EV4 EV5 EV6 -> 3 times
> more alpha) (pentium, ppro, k7 -> 3 times bigger i386).
> 
> I would more like the idea of "local" compiler options - Means - If i am
> able to do "apt-get compile apache" it should use MY compiler
> (e.g. pgcc) and the optimizations i would like to have. This optimization
> issue is only interesting for "High-End" users and they have some
> cpu-cycles left on installation.
> 
> ---/etc/compilersettings-----
> CC=pgcc
> CFLAGS=-mpentium
> -----------------------------
> 
> Flo
> -- 
> Florian Lohoff		flo@rfc822.org		      	+49-5241-470566
> Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three).  (RFC 1925)
> 
> 
Half of what you asked for is already there: As of 0.3.6, 
you can "apt-get -b source apache" to rebuild a package. 
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Stephen Pitts
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