trouble building i386 rpms on x86_64 system: TexLive example

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Sun Dec 9 04:13:04 UTC 2007


Paul Johnson wrote:

> I'm running into lots of weird little problems trying to rebuild rpms
> on an x8_64 system. I use the command
> 
> setarch i386 rpmbuild --rebuild --target=x86_64,i386 whatever.src.rpm

The presence of /etc/rpm/platform will confuse things, so make sure to
remove it before attempting cross-compiles (using rpmbuild anyway).

Otherwise, as mentioned elsewhere, use mock (or as clean a build environment
as you can get).

-- Rex





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