Re: [Math-atlas-devel] packaging ATLAS and gcc 4
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From: Simon P. <no...@no...> - 2005-08-22 02:01:16
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On Sunday 21 August 2005 17:14, Quentin Spencer wrote: > The very nature of binary packaging in a project > like Debian or Fedora will inevitably result in some performance > compromises because you don't know what kind of hardware people are > installing your packages on. I hadn't thought about this. You're right, and you're making me reconsider my stance. > Right now my thinking is to provide a single ATLAS package that installs > versions for plain x86, SSE, SSE2, and 3Dnow, and use symbolic links at > installation to select the appropriate one. Wow, this is very clever. I like. > I am close to having a > source package working that will build a basic i386 package with > mediocre performance, but using the source package it is possible to > build a customized build by simply setting an environment variable > before calling the rpmbuild command. Wow, wow, wow. I'm amazed. Please go on, and ignore this interference caused by my obviously inferior intellect. ;) -- Simon Perreault <no...@no...> -- http://nomis80.org Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. |