are FC4 source RPMS for x86_64 and i386 different?

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Tue Jun 14 17:38:25 UTC 2005


D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> There are separate downloads for source RPMs for x86_64 and i386.
> 
> As far as I could tell, the FC3 updates SRPMs were identical for the two 
> architectures.  This seems like a good thing, if it works.
> 
> I use both architectures and would like the SRPMs, but hate wasting
> bandwidth and disk space.
> 
> Are there important differences between the two packages of SRPMs?
> Should I download both?
> 
> Should only one set of SRPMs be released?  Perhaps with a small number
> of arch-specific SRPMS for those that don't work on all archs.

As far as I know, they're the same. They certainly *should* be! The ones 
in Fedora Extras definitely are, because all arches are built from the 
same sources.

Paul.




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