On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 05:32:31PM +0200, Gert Wollny wrote: > On Sun, 2016-03-27 at 14:49 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > You're not allowed to use -msse2 on i386 either, unless for a code > > path that's run conditionally on runtime. > > Actually, "not allowed" it not the right expression, "discouraged" > would be correct. If upstream requires sse2 then not enabling it would > mean that all users of i386 would not have access to this software, > even though one can assume that the majority uses hardware that is sse2 > capable. [...] > I think this discussion could be helpful (linking to the conclusion of > the maintainer): > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/09/msg00666.html
Yeah, if you include this: # Given all the opinions expressed on the list (thanks!), I have decided # to keep the i386 package and make it display an explicit error message # at runtime if there is no SSE2 support in the processor. Ie, as long as it's handled in a more graceful way than dumping core. An alternative to detecting non-SSE2 at runtime would be doing this in preinst and aborting installation. It might be also good to make a "sse2-support" package as mentioned in the thread Gert linked to to reduce duplication of such detection logic. Please say so if you think this is a good idea. -- A tit a day keeps the vet away.
