Victor wrote:

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This because the precompiled packages are
> prepared for a generic i386 while I have an i686 processor.
> 
>
This is totally off topic but I was just wondering. . . 

What is an i686.  i586 is the generic family of processors that the
Pentium belongs to if IIRC but I didn't realize that there was another
processor family beyond that.

just curious as to what i686 signifies.

thanks,
Andy

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