Re: rpmbuild with target i386 on x86_64 sets %{_libdir} to lib64.

[Andy Green <andy warmcat com>]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 08:26 +0100, Andy Green wrote:
> > Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, rpmbuild --target is known not work, i.e. rpm is known not to
> > > support cross building - Which had been the initial motivation for
> > > --target.
>
> > How you generalize it to being able to build any arch on demand I did 
> > not try yet,
> Normally, you'd simply implement a 
> /usr/lib/rpm/<target>/macros
> file reflecting a particular target's setup, but ....

I see, that would be convenient...

      --target PLATFORM
              When building the package, interpret PLATFORM as 
arch-vendor-os and  set  the  macros
              %_target, %_target_cpu, and %_target_os accordingly.

What happens at the moment when you try to use --target then?

-Andy