On Mon Sep 17, 2001 at 08:13:21AM +0200, Gregor Maier wrote:
> >> Hi, I have to ask.
> >> I found a program, but is fixed as a 686 rpm and mandrake has the
> >> installation of its system as 586 rpm's..
> >> I need to know if there will be any problems if I installed a 686.rpm on a
> >> system thats running all 586.rpm's..
> >>
> >> Harold
> >
> > I don't think so... but anyway if you're concerned why not grab the src.rpm
> > of the application you want to use and rebuild it in your own system, as it
> > is easy and simple to do...
> >
> > rmp --rebuild file_name.src.rpm and install the resulting rpm
> >
> But if he's running a 686 based system (PentiumPro, PII, PIII, ...) then will
> still get i686.rpm (at least with the standard mandrake compiler flags)
rpm --rebuild file_name.src.rpm --target=i586
But if he has a i686 machine, then installing an i686 rpm on Mandrake
makes no difference. You can install i386 packages on an i586-default
system, or i686 packages on an i386-default system (like RH) provided
your processor supports it. Ie. installing a ppc.rpm won't work, but
installing a i686.rpm will.
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