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On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:47:51 -0600 (MDT), SoloCDM <deedsmis@aculink.net>  
wrote:

[snip]
> What CPU (i386, i486, i586, ...) are the packages compiled and geared
> towards?

You can easily set this to your own CPU type in /etc/make.conf for all the  
ports you build.  "Packages" in FreeBSD are precompiled binaries, and I  
wouldn't know the answer for those.

Jud