Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of RpmHowToEndUsers


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Apr 24, 2011, 10:16:53 PM (13 years ago)
Author:
Yuri Dario
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How to install Pentium4 optimized binaries.

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    99== Platform selection for binaries ==
    10 The default base architecture setting for RPM/YUM is the i386 platform; if you own a i686 CPU, you can tell YUM to inspect i686 package list first, and fallback to i386 if none found.
     10The default base architecture setting for RPM/YUM is the i386 platform; if you own a i686 CPU (PentiumPro and above), you can tell YUM to inspect i686 package list first, and fallback to i386 if none found.
    1111To enable i686, create a 'platform' text file in your %UNIXROOT%\etc\rpm directory with the following text in it:
    1212{{{
    1313i686-OS/2-OS/2
    1414}}}
     15Binaries are getting built also for Pentium4 and above processors, use the following text to enable this:
     16{{{
     17pentium4-OS/2-OS/2
     18}}}
     19Access to pentium4 packages requires the latest YUM package.
     20
    1521
    1622== Note about upgrading from 2010 RPM builds ==