I followed closely Jeff guidelines and finally, succeed to build rpm 5.4.8 on OSX (Lion).
/usr/bin/rpm: /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 159.1.0) /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Tcl (compatibility version 8.5.0, current version 8.5.9) /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Python (compatibility version 2.5.0, current version 2.5.6) /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python (compatibility version 2.6.0, current version 2.6.7) /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python (compatibility version 2.7.0, current version 2.7.1) /usr/lib/db53/libdb_sql-5.3.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0) /usr/lib/db53/libdb-5.3.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0) /usr/lib/libexpat.1.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.2.0) /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib (compatibility version 0.9.8, current version 44.0.0) /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.5) /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.2.5) otool -hvf /usr/bin/rpm /usr/bin/rpm: Mach header magic cputype cpusubtype caps filetype ncmds sizeofcmds flags MH_MAGIC_64 X86_64 ALL LIB64 EXECUTE 24 2872 NOUNDEFS DYLDLINK TWOLEVEL ALLOW_STACK_EXECUTION PIE For now a x86_64 only binary, I should see if a i386/x86_64 (dual) binary could be build Huge thanks to Jeff for his support, advices and ... patience ______________________________________________________________________ RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org User Communication List rpm-users@rpm5.org