> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 1998 10:30 AM
> To: Taylor, Scott J
> Cc: 'Mike Tavares'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: RPM QUESTION
>
> On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Taylor, Scott J wrote:
>
> > > I issue the following command
> > >
> > > rpm -ivh ircii4-4.4.src.rpm
> > >
> > Um...It looks to me like you rpm'ed on the source (a bunch of C
> code)
> > for the irc client instead of the binaries (already compiled
> programs).
> > Did you get it from the SRPM directory or the RPM directory? Unless
> you
> > are going to hack the code for stuff, I suggest you rpm on the stuff
> > from the RPM directory.
>
> > Also, that doesn't look like a full rpm file
> > name..did it have an i386 in the middle somewhere? If not, it was
> for
> > a processor that you probably don't have (alpha).
>
> Not true. THe source RPMS should in most cases compile to give you
> the
> .i386.rpm (on an intel), the .alpha.rpm (on an alpha), .noarch.rpm (if
> it
> doesn't matter) etc. The source is not (usually) architecture
> dependant.
>
Oops, my bad. Thanks for the upgrade, Mike :-)
Scott
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