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
