Re: IA32 vs i386

1998-10-15 Thread Marc Singer
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 02:09:23PM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > The intel version of debian packages are in some directory path > downstream from ../../i386/.. and the package names also carry i386. > While this is technically correct, it can be missleading to some that > the package only runs

Re: IA32 vs i386

1998-10-15 Thread Jeff Noxon
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 02:09:23PM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > The intel version of debian packages are in some directory path > downstream from ../../i386/.. and the package names also carry i386. > While this is technically correct, it can be missleading to some that > the package only runs

IA32 vs i386

1998-10-15 Thread Kenneth Scharf
The intel version of debian packages are in some directory path downstream from ../../i386/.. and the package names also carry i386. While this is technically correct, it can be missleading to some that the package only runs on an 80386 cpu. The current name for the cpu family from intel (and cl