Re: Checking for v9v/64v capability

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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.
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