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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Package version requiring sse
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 10:16:28
Message-Id: 200508070613.56501.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Package version requiring sse by Maurice van der Pot
1 On Saturday 06 August 2005 10:15 am, 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 that's pretty retarded imho ... this applies only to x86 right ?
6
7 > To make people aware of this, I could use the sse use flag in 3.0.0
8 > and die if it is not present, telling people to mask versions 3.0.0
9 > and up if they have a processor without sse. I would also have to check
10 > the arch before requiring sse.
11
12 seems the only sane way to handle this :(
13 -mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Package version requiring sse Maurice van der Pot <griffon26@g.o>