[Rpm-maint] [patch] rpm is not a cross-tool

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 09:26 -0500, Mark Hatle wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 09:02 -0500, Mark Hatle wrote:
> >> Umm... yes it is.
> >>
> >> I use RPM to cross-compile software ever day.  I also cross compile RPM
> >> from one target to another routinely.  You need to keep the $target
> >> references or you will make the rpm.org version of RPM unable to be
> >> cross compiled.
> > 
> > Like with any other autoconf'ed project, just do
> > configure --build=<build-host> --host=<target>
> > 
> > It's how any autoconf'ed project works.
> 
> Please validate that it's still working then. 

How can I? You'd have to tell me how you have been configuring/building
rpm and using rpm?

What this patch does is to fix cross-building rpm, i.e. cross-building
the rpm package for a foreign target, e.g. to build a solaris rpm on
i386-linux.

>  In the past when folks
> have made these changes they have always lead to the target version of
> RPM getting host system definitions and special flags.

Ralf