Greetings. Trying to optimize things for i686, and have assumed I should start with gcc(?).
I am working with gcc-2.95 as the default compiler, and have the following sources: gcc-2.95_2.95.4.ds8.orig.tar.gz gcc-2.95_2.95.4.ds8-1.diff.gz gcc-2.95_2.95.4.ds8-1.dsc I get a successful build without doing anything to the files, but doing a dpkg-source -x *.dsc, and going through debian/rules to get the .debs (though they always get replaced when I do a apt-get upgrade). My concern lies in the configure: everything points to the build being compiled as i386. I am thinking this is part of the plan, but when the host and build are both i686-pc-linux-gnu, having a i386-linux target doesn't seem quite right. I have tried changing many of the variables in /debian, but this always makes a mess of things. Should I be going the debian/rules build route, or the src-native/./configure + make + install route? I want to do it right, and maybe accomplish something more constructive than just staring at web pages ;-) BTW, I am running testing, and I have gcc-2.95 1:2.95.4-011006 installed. Every time I build from [source].ds8, and install the debs, they get overwritten by the former. How am I to improve my system when this happens? Should I be running stable before I think about making an optimized system? Any help would be greatly appreciated ;-) ah -- "He thought in other heads--and in his own, others besides himself thought." Bertolt Brecht
