Optimized distro for i686

Steve bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 30 14:07:25 UTC 2005


On 12/30/05, paul sutton <zen14920-1HOZaDBbGgxaa/9Udqfwiw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> You can recompile .src.rpm packatges for a specific processor,  I would
> guess that to optimise FC4 for i686 you could perhaps recompile all the
> packages,  and burn these on to a cdrom along with modified installation
> routines,  which would give you a new cd that is optimised for that
> specific processor.
>
> Ok there is more to it than that, but I have managed to recompile one or
> two packages for optimisation (from i386 to i586 I think) and then
> instaled these with no problem.
>
> it can take a while to do this to lots of packages,  I would be a good
> idea to perhaps do this at a time when you can leave the computer on for
> a few hours I would guess you need ALL packages installed so you can
> avoid problems with dependancies, while compiling.
>
> any comments
>
> Paul

Is this pretty much what Gentoo does? So probably the Fox distro
people have done these recompiles and therefore will save people the
time required to do it themselves.

Thanks for the explanation.

-Steve.
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