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[PLUG] RedHat i386 vs i686 RPMs for kernel and glibc
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I am about to apply some patches to a Pentium II - 266 machine running
RedHat 9.0. I noticed on the RedHat Mirror that I use there are a few i686
RPM's and the rest are i386 rpms. In theory, I understand the difference.
However, since RedHat seems to enjoy shipping i386 RPMs, is there any
downside to using the i686 RPMs when available. The only i686 ones
available from the mirror are for the kernel, glibc, nptl-devel (which I
don't need) and openssl. Basically, I'm wondering if there is any downside
to going with the i686 RPMs when available. I don't know of any off the
top of my head, but if I may run into potential conflicts, I'd rather
forgo the i686 versions for the i386 ones. For some reason, I think I
might need to be more concerned about glibc then the kernel.
Ed C.
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