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

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Mon Aug 6 14:17:49 UTC 2007


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.

Ralf





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