Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:11:41 -0600 From: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> To: Joel Hatton <freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au>, Craig Boston <craig@feniz.gank.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x, 6.x and CPUTYPE Message-ID: <002e01c5e409$c29dd790$5200a8c0@backoffice> References: <200511080205.jA825Dbl046080@app.auscert.org.au>
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> >> >> I always build my production servers with CPUTYPE=i686 so they can be >> transplanted to any machine with a PPro or better processor (or even >> qemu if necessary). > > Thanks, Craig. I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone in pursuing this > method. > Do you know of any particular disadvantages of continuing with this > less-than-optimised model - I guess I mean, is this something that is > likely to break or become uneconomical at some point? For packages, it's a good idea to make a build jail... in case of static linking goodness. I had packages bite me when I was building them all on a system with a CPUTYPE=p3 world.
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