On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
> Chmouel,
>
> > > I'm wondering why there is a "BuildArchitectures" line in the qt2 spec
> > > file.
> > >
> > > BuildArchitectures: i586
> > >
> > > Is this package only meant for the i586 architecture, or can it also be
> > > compiled
> > > on other architectures (alpha or i686)? If so, can we do without the
> > > line, or
> > > can we add the other architectures that it works on?
>
> > Yes, normally we put i386 i586 k6 we can add alpha if supported.
>
> I understand, but isn't "BuildArchitectures" normally used to define
> an exclusive buildarchitecture for that package? For instance: wine
> can't be built on anything but the x86 platform. For this package
> it's usefull to add a "BuildArchitectures" string. If the package
> can be built on other platforms without any problems, why would
> a "BuildArchitectures" string be needed?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Stefan
If it's removed you get a bunch of noarch.rpms, or don't get the one
noarch.rpm I've forgotten which is the case but it's one of the above :)
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