PPC or i386 ?

[Jeroen Zwartepoorte]

Hi Dan,

There are no specific ppc or i386 source rpms. A .spec file can only
specify that it can build packages for i386 or ppc (a kernel rpm for
example), but source rpms in general can be built for any platforms
which supports rpms.

Jeroen

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 07:31 -0600, Dan Kahmann wrote:

> I know this is probably a really dumb think to ask (I should know
> better !?) 
> but here it is -
> When building from source ( any app ) with YDL , must you use a source
> that is specifically for PPC , or can you use any source (linux) ?
>  
> If you must use PPC sources, then might there be a tool to help
> convert 
> the i386 to PPC , or does it require a complete re-write of the
> source ?
>  
> As this is my first experience with apple/mac , I just don't know that
> much about them, 
> except that there is alot of differences btween the Motorolla PPC's
> and any Intel based
> processors...
>  
> T/c 
> Dan
>  
>  
>  
> Dan Kahmann
> dkah197@earthlink.net
> Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
>  
>