On Tue, Dec 10, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
As I was surfing through a FTP mirror of SuSE, I came across a file by the name of: glibc-2.2.5-163.i686.rpm
The normal installation of SuSE 8.1 glibc compiled for i586, and it is
This is bogus, the normal installation installs the glibc which fits best on your system
So... what is it for? Having an i686 class CPU, should I install it?
If it is not installed for you, YaST2 wasn't sure that your CPU is really i686 compatible, so you should not install it. If you made an update, you can install it, if your CPU is a real i686 compatible one and no cheap clone missing the important commands. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ kukuk@suse.de SuSE Linux AG Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 D-90429 Nuernberg -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = A368 676B 5E1B 3E46 CFCE 2D97 F8FD 4E23 56C6 FB4B