From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:19:37 -0600 > yum does this by checking /proc/cpuinfo look at /usr/lib/python2.6/site- > packages/rpmUtils/arch.py on a F-12 box and search for sun4v rpm has a > similar check based on the same information. both will refuse to install a > sparcv9v package on hardware that is not capable of running it. yum could also check the ELF startup flags, like glibc does, for this purpose. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html