Changelog 3/5/2009 New in Version 4.76.24-3

[Eli Wapniarski]

On Tuesday 05 May 2009 11:15:39 Julian Field wrote:
> 
> On 05/05/2009 08:41, Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > One more query.
> >
> > One thing I don't understand, is the use of the BuildArch: parameter in the spec file.
> >
> > > From my understanding... rpm will automatically figure out the platform that a package is being built for. I get similar output for serveral packages when building on my server. One of things that you will notice is that there is a line that reads
> >
> > Requires: libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) rtld(GNU_HASH)
> >
> >
> > Processing files: perl-IO-1.2301-4-noarch
> > Provides: IO.so()(64bit) perl(IO) = 1.23 perl(IO::Dir) = 1.06 perl(IO::File) = 1.14 perl(IO::Handle) = 1.27 perl(IO::Pipe) = 1.13 perl(IO::Pipe::End) perl(IO::Poll) = 0.07 perl(IO::Seekable) = 1.10 perl(IO::Select) = 1.17 perl(IO::Socket) = 1.30 perl(IO::Socket::INET) = 1.31 perl(IO::Socket::UNIX) = 1.23
> > Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames)<= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix)<= 4.0-1 rpmlib(VersionedDependencies)<= 3.0.3-1
> > Requires: libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) rtld(GNU_HASH)
> > error: Arch dependent binaries in noarch package
> >
> >
> > RPM build errors:
> >      Arch dependent binaries in noarch package
> >
> >
> > Please correct me where appropriate. I am only trying to gain a better understanding as to what's involved in the packaging and rebuilding.
> >
> > So... from what I'm reading the error being generated is correct in that libc on 64bit platform can either be the x86_64 library or the i386 library (if the i386 support files are included). Be that as it may, on my x86_64 bit platform I only want to compile and rebuild 64bit libraries (perl modules included). From my understanding Mailscanner itself is platform agnostic in that it is a script and will run properly if the environment variables are set correctly.
> >
> > So I guess in the end I'm asking why not remove the
> >
> > BuildArch: noarch
> >
> > from the spec file?
> I can't remove it altogether, as the BuildArch selects where the RPM 
> file is put, which I need to know to be able to install it.

I think that rpm takes care of it. In that without the BuildArch, Using the %{libdir} macorw would install perl libraries in /usr/lib64 on 64bit platforms and /usr/lib on 32bit platforms. You shouldn't have to worry about this sort of thing (I think).

Eli

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