On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:19:12 -0600, Gary V. Vaughan <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to port rpm-4.2 to various other Unixes (AIX, HP/UX, OSF > etc) using the vendor supplied compilers. The sources for libelf in > the rpm tree are full of GCCisms (features.h, __attribute__ > decorations, macros using __typeof), so I was wondering what libelf > is actually used for in rpm? > jbj knows for sure, but I thought it was used to figure dependency info from libraries and executables. > It seems as though rpmdb/legacy.c needs it to support rpm 3.0 era > packages, which I don't need since any rpms I install will be with > the rpm-4.2 package I am trying to build right now. Is libelf > needed for anything else? Can I expect rpm to work properly if > I get it to compile and link without libelf? > Don't know. jbj will have to comment (or someone else that knows)...james > Cheers, > Gary. > -- > Gary V. Vaughan (gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
