On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 15:32:01 +0200, Rob van der Heij <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Aamer Akhter wrote: > > >This is a bit of an odd question, but does endianness matter (ie will > >it break anything) wrt to the RPM database. > > > >I'm thinking about using RPM to manage packages for a cross-platform > >system, but linux (i386) and solaris (sparc) machines will be > >writing/using the same rpm database. Thru different binaries of > >course. > > > I can 'rpm -qpl' the i386 rpm packages on s390 (which is big-endian). > And I can install noarch packages as long as they fit the dependencies > of my distribution. > Are you sure your RPM would be writing into the same database? yes. the rpm database is actually on a network mount, which is shared by both i386-linux and sparc-solaris machines. most of the rpm's are going to be of the noarch type so installation/use of the packages isn't really the issue. > After all > the database is what you have installed on the system, and that will be > only be packages for your own architecture? i think that's where the confusion is coming from. the database will not necessarily be on a local mount. > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > -- Aamer Akhter / aakhter@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
