cross-compiling rpm (oh boy!)

[Eli Carter <eli carter inet com>]

All,

I've had no luck in finding anything regarding cross-compiling rpm. 
(That is, building rpm to execute on another platform.  I am currently 
able to cross-package rpms using rpm.)

(How do you tell Google you want information about rpm-the-program 
instead of rpm packages?  I can't seem to get into the list archives 
despite being subscribed and having cookies turned on for redhat.com... 
Grrrr.)

I'm trying to compile rpm 4.1 for arm-linux, but getting compile errors 
while it builds popt.  I have cross-built popt-1.4 as a separate package 
(which creates libpopt.{a,la} and popt.h).  Is there a way to use that 
instead, or something?  Or is that path rife with its own tribulations?
(I believe I got similar problems with rpm 4.2, but I'd have to 
double-check to be certain.)

Pointers to any information would be appreciated.

Eli
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