[Gllug] arch & cpu number confusion

[Henry Gilbert]

On 1/2/06, Emon <contact_emon at gawab.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I am a newbie
>
> I read some where that Slackware packages are compiled with the
> following options..
>
> arch=486,cpu=686
>
> I am very confused about the architecture & CPU number, where
> can I read more to clear up my concept??
>
> Thanks
> Emon
> --

running Slackware here.
anything that ends up with 486 or 686 and noarch will work for your PC.

I take it you are downloading from
http://www.linuxpackages.net/packages.php ?
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