Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 02:21:13PM +0200, Alexander Shishkin wrote: >> On 6/23/06, Volker Grabsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> For instance, some programs with lots of calculations (e.g. mplayer) >>> are compiled with different processor optimizations (e.g. mplayer-i586). >>> Such packages are created by very redundant entries in debian/rules. >>> Exactly such redundancy is removed by dpkg-cross. >> mplayer is not in debian, so that doesn't make a good example. > > Just for the record, I had a problem with openssh having been compiled > for generic SPARC and running painfully slowly on SPARC v8 systems. > Rebuilding with v8 enabled helped dramatically (virtually instant > connection instead of 10+ seconds depending on the CPU model, measured > with a wrist watch).
Also, it makes a perfect sense to compile libc & friends with subarch optimizations for all of us. Otherwise it should be a site-specific policy which packages to aggressively optimize, e.g. for routers/bridges and web-servers. > > With kind regards, > Baurzhan. > > Pjotr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
