i486 base architecture
Jeff Johnson
n3npq at nc.rr.com
Sat Dec 4 15:17:09 UTC 2004
Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
>>The rpm implementation does not control what strings are used to
>>identify arch in packages.
>>For example, PLD is using "pentium3", "pentium4", and "amd64" while
>>Red Hat is using "i586", "i686" and "x86_64" with essentially the same
>>meanings, and all of those strings are being carried in default rpm
>>configuration.
>>
>>
>
>The pentium 3 is definatly a i686 arch... the p2 and pentium pro as
>well...
>
>
Right!
But "pentium3" is most definitely not an an "i686" arch for rpm, because
the strings are not identical,
and because FC and RHEL do not build *.pentium3.rpm packages.
73 de Jeff
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