PPC or i386 ? further question

[Greg Hamilton]

Building from source RPMs is really easy and I've found that generally 
you can take source RPMs and build them for YDL as it is a Redhat based 
system.

Where you're likely to run into trouble is dependancies. The source RPM 
will have a list of dependancies which must be met before it will 
attempt to build and install. Time and again I've found that the app I 
wanted wasn't available in the version I wanted. So I get the source 
RPM and it won't build because the versions of other packages I have 
installed are too old. So I get the source RPMs for the other packages 
but they also have unmet dependancies. And so on.

On 11/03/2004, at 10:01 AM, Kenneth Browne wrote:

> Jeroen Zwartepoorte wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I think I know the answer but here goes: RPM stands for Redhat Package 
> Manager and Yellow Dog Linux is based on Red Hat. That being the case 
> rpm source files could be compiled for either Linux variety, as well 
> as Mandrake, and perhaps others????
>
> If that's all true, then could one not get source rpm's from lots of 
> places and compile them for YDL? Further, *if* there is a perceived 
> shortage of apps for YDL, would the solution for those who know about 
> compiling rpms to crank up their machines and compile? I have only the 
> vaguest notion about what's involved in compiling but would like to 
> learn some more as soon as I have my Mac/YDL system fully operational.
>
>
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