[Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#498889: Bug#498889: Provide 686-optimized binaries

Goswin von Brederlow goswin-v-b at web.de
Tue Sep 16 21:08:47 UTC 2008


Alberto <coleccionspam at terra.es> writes:

> Package: ia32-libs
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Some included libraries have a corresponding 686-compiled version (libc6
> is the most notable example), which would make i386 binaries run faster; 
> let's say google earth.
> After all, amd64 processors are 686-capable.

libc6 is not part of ia32-libs on amd64 as it is provided by glibc
directly (and I believe 686 optimized there).

Please provide concrete package names that actualy are in ia32-libs.

MfG
        Goswin





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