On 6/30/11 11:37 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > On Jun 30, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Mark Hatle wrote: > >> I'm working on multilib/multiarch support in the oe-core stuff. And I've >> hit an >> issue. I'm trying to query for a package of a specific arch. >> >> rpm -q zlib >> >> returns: >> >> zlib-1.2.5-r0.x86_64 >> >> if I do: >> >> rpm -q zlib-1.2.5 or zlib-1.2.5-r0 or zlib-1.2.5-r0.x86_64 >> >> I get the same result.. >> >> however, I thought I could do: >> >> rpm -q zlib.x86_64 >> > > That's a bug (and likely related to Distepoch: turn on > but might be "RPM ACID" related, dunno) > > Meanwhile there's lots of ways to achieve that same query: > > rpm -q zlib | grep x86_64 > rpm -q '^zlib.*x86_64$' > rpm -qa zlib 'arch=x86_64'
Thanks, it looks like I can use the -qa one easily enough. >> and it would also work, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Is there any >> way >> to do rpm -q zlib.x86_64 -- or do I need to do rpm -q zlib, and through is >> some >> grep commands on the output? >> > > DO what works. > > FYI: The > rpm -q N.A > form of query is likely doomed in RPM. It was an expedient hack > when multilib was first deployed: I was given 4 hours to > devise, implement, test, and deliver a solution with mad manglers > watching my every key stroke. > >> (The current case only has one instance of zlib, but eventually there could >> be 2 >> or 3 instances.) >> > > Lemme see if I can fix this evening … tomorrow is 7/1 monthly release time. > No promises. Thanks! BTW what I'm doing in the code is simply trying to find a package out of my list of available packages to build the beginning of a manifest.. I may simply be doing this a poor way right now, but I'm trying to hack in support to get a proof of concept for multiarch RPM.. --Mark > 73 de Jeff > >> Thanks! >> >> --Mark >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org >> Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org > > ______________________________________________________________________ > RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org > Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org ______________________________________________________________________ RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org
