Re: openssh 3.0.1 rpm for sparc (redhat 6.x)

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 04:06:12PM +0100, Stephan van Hienen wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David S. Miller [mailto:davem@redhat.com] 
> > Sent: vrijdag 30 november 2001 0:03
> > To: ddx@a2000.nu
> > Cc: tcallawa@redhat.com; ultra@a2000.nu; 
> > sparclinux@vger.kernel.org; ultralinux@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: openssh 3.0.1 rpm for sparc (redhat 6.x)
> > 
> > 
> >    From: Stephan van Hienen <ddx@a2000.nu>
> >    Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:58:45 +0100 (CET)
> > 
> >    On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> >    
> >    > Rebuild from the src rpm available at openssh.org. Should work.
> >    
> >    ok tried that :
> >    
> > Run "sparc32 bash" before building the rpm.
> 
> Thnx, that fixed the problem
> 
> P.s. why can I rebuild a lot of src.rpms witouth this ?

Because a lot of them are smart enough to use CPP macros like
__sparc_v9__ or __arch64__ to determine things, rather than assuming
sparc64 = 64-bit || v9 instructions. The compiler is much better at
determining this (CC="gcc -mcpu=ultrasparc" for example) than `uname'.


Ben

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