On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 10:01, David Walser wrote:
> 
> --- Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >  So, what exactly am I missing ? : ) 
> 
> Something :o)  I thought I explained it pretty well. 
> Before the latest RPM package, all arches translated
> to themselves, ie:
> 
> buildarchtranslate: athlon: athlon
> buildarchtranslate: i686: i686
> buildarchtranslate: i586: i586
> buildarchtranslate: i486: i486
> buildarchtranslate: i386: i386
> 
> which is how it should look.  It was changed so that
> they all translate to i386, which makes them use the
> i386 optflags and build .i386.rpm packages.
> 
> Make sense?
> 

HAHA duhhhhhh! : )
This was obvious since I had to make some changes in other parts of
/usr/lib/rpm/* to agree with the new rpmrc file. 

But why? That's the question, why the change?
I just don't see any logic in it other than it being a good safe
default.


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Heedlessness: the path to death.
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