XXI century and still using 386 packages...

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 11:32:51PM +0100, Alberto Núñez wrote:
> Hum, if it is compiled for i486, why not to name the debs as 486?
> Maybe because is also 386 compatible?

Because changing the dpkg architecture name is an enormous pain in the
backside and instantly loses compatibility with anything built for
Debian. It isn't worth it.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]