mcpu and/or march

[Charles Wilson]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 10:57:06PM +0200, Lapo Luchini wrote:
> 
>>Packaging gmp lead me to think this: can a processor a little better
>>than "386" be assumed on Cygwin users?
>>(i.e. used to build a package?)
> 
> 
> I think that these days we require at least a 486, yes.
> 
> cgf
> 

In 2000, DJ wrote:
"Please do not break older systems."

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2000-07/msg00037.html
(contains a reply to DJ; DJ's original message is not in the archives).

Just a data point -- that WAS three years ago, after all.

--
Chuck