Re: Specifying arch for rpm -ba

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris opensourceadvocate org>]

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Gene C. wrote:

>Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:10:52 -0400
>From: Gene C. <czar@acm.org>
>To: guinness-list@redhat.com
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>Subject: Specifying arch for rpm -ba
>
>I thought I knew how to do this but this is the first time I have tried 
>building a different target under rpm 4.  I can't believe that it does not 
>work -- just that I don't know how and documentation on rpm 4 is skimpy.
>
>Anyway, I am trying to rebuild the kernel in various ix86 flavors.
>
>First I did:
>
>rpm -ba --clean kernel-2.2.spec
>
>Everything build OK.
>
>Then I did:
>
>rpm -ba --target i686 --clean kernel-2.2.spec
                 ^

--target=i686
        ^

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