Hi Martin,
That's a good point.

Below is all the rpm's, except the kernel and cluster stuff, that arn't 
either i386 or noarch.  I'd look and see which ones you've got installed 
and be sure to recompile those as well.

glibc-2.3.4-2.13.i686.rpm
j2sdk-1.4.2_08-fcs.i586.rpm
java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.08-2jpp.i586.rpm
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.13.i686.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-43.4.i686.rpm

But looking at these ... there actually is a i386 version for everything 
but the j2sdk and java-1.4.2-sun-compat.

But it would be good to double check.

Troy

Bly, MJ (Martin) wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [log in to unmask] 
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
>>Behalf Of Bill Feero
>>Sent: 07 February 2006 15:00
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>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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