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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 19:20:20 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: Brendan DOT Simon AT ctam DOT com DOT au
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In-reply-to: <38C5820D.23D114E1@ctam.com.au> (message from Brendan J Simon on
Wed, 08 Mar 2000 09:26:22 +1100)
Subject: Re: cygwin-inst-20000304 query
References: <38C441C9 DOT D83FB437 AT ctam DOT com DOT au> <200003070146 DOT UAA19157 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <38C5820D DOT 23D114E1 AT ctam DOT com DOT au>

> Does this mean that some programs wont run on CPUs pre 686 (ie. 386,
486, > 586) ?

The target name doesn't affect that at all.  It's just a name.

> Will getting rid of it make it harder to support multiple hosts
> using a shared file server ?

No, because the admin can install it in an H-* subdirectory if they
want to.

> Do we ?  I don't know that.  How can and i586 be the same as an i686 ?

An i586 is not the same as an i686, but i586-pc-cygwin32 is the same
target as i686-pc-cygwin.  They're just names that mean "cygwin".

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