Re: rpm 4.1.1 and _arch

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Matthias Saou wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just a quick question (probably for Jeff). With rpm 4.1.1, when I use
> rpmbuild directly on x86, %{_arch} is set to "i386" by default, but when
> using "--target i386", it is set to "noarch". Seems quite confusing, or am
> I missing something?
>  

target_cpu is probably what you are looking for rather than arch.

_arch == noarch. if just 4.1.1, there's something screwy in the config. 
equally likely
that its been there for years.

> I noticed this because %{_arch} is used in the Red Hat kernel 2.2 spec file
> and I tried forcing an i386 build.

73 de Jeff

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