Re: Buildarchtranslate [Was: question]

[rpjday <rpjday mindspring com>]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Stefan Siegel wrote:

> Am 2001-12-29, 04:40:48 -0500 schrieb rpjday:
> > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Stefan Siegel wrote:
> > 
> > > 4) Create the file "${HOME}/.rpmrc" with the following content:
> > >    [Creez le fichier « ${HOME}/.rpmrc » avec ce contenu : ]
> > >
> > > -----<snip>-----
> > > buildarchtranslate: i386: i586
> > > buildarchtranslate: i686: i586
> > > -----<snip>-----
> > 
> > ok, what's the purpose of the above?  i've seen this documented
> > at the mandrake RPM site.  what's it for?  thanks.
> 
> This will create Pentium code (i586) even if build on a i386 or a 
> PentiumPro (i686) machine. As MandrakeSoft only supports i586 code 
> for Intel platforms this ensures all RPMs created will be of this 
> kind.

immensely.  so this is really a mandrake-specific issue then.
thanks.

rday