Ignacio Losiggio <iglosig...@gmail.com> writes:

>>Why is an i386 package only usable if compiled with sse2 instructions?
>>If you are targeting post-2003 computers, why aren't you using an amd64
>>build anyway?
>
> Lots of x86_64 machines run x86 systems due to low RAM availability, they
> are 2010 Atom netbooks, etc.
>
> For the low RAM ones i think that currently debian x32 it's not an option
> if you aren't a power user.

I stumbled across this bug because of an (unrelated) question about
obs-studio on #debian. It might be ok to use sse2 instructions if you
also also depend on the package sse2-support (although this is a bit
unsettled at the moment). It's definitely not OK if the resulting
package installs and crashes (or malfunctions) on i386 w/o SSE2.

d

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