Re: i486 base architecture

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

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