Hi Bill,

Rpm is a shared-libs-linked binary using glibc and various other bits
and pieces including glibc.  My guess is that you'd need to make all the
extras for i386 too.  Rpm trips over one non-existant instruction that
other programs don't use.

Martin.

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> Subject: SL 4.2 rpm-4.3.3 causes an illegal instruction error
> 
> I'm trying to run SL 4.2 on a x486 machine. I've recompiled 
> the kernel and I get the system to boot.
> However, when I try to run rpm, I get al illegal instruction error.
> 
> When rpm was built, was it compiled as a i386 or as something 
> else? The rpm is a i386.rpm.
> 
> My hardware platform is a 486 (actually an AMD Elan SC520) 
> and I can't change it. And I need
> the 'latest' kernel and Linux features.
> 
> Does anyone know of any software that can analyze a program 
> and determine the instruction set? (386/486/686 etc)
> 
> 
> 
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> Bill Feero
> Logical Solutions, Inc.
>