Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: R Hill <dirtyepic.sk@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Package version requiring sse
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:29:11
Message-Id: dd32p6$hg8$1@sea.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Package version requiring sse by Maurice van der Pot
1 Maurice van der Pot wrote:
2 > The new valgrind version (3.0.0) requires sse support. If you have a
3 > processor without sse, you'll need to stay at 2.4.1.
4 >
5 > To make people aware of this, I could use the sse use flag in 3.0.0
6 > and die if it is not present, telling people to mask versions 3.0.0
7 > and up if they have a processor without sse. I would also have to check
8 > the arch before requiring sse.
9
10 use flags are usually meant for optional support for a package, aren't they?
11
12 > Is there a better way to do this?
13
14 compile a small test program containing SSE specific intrinsics and die
15 if it returns an error code? does valgrind's configure check for sse?
16
17 --de.
18
19 --
20 gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Package version requiring sse "Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò" <flameeyes@g.o>