Re: are FC4 source RPMS for x86_64 and i386 different?

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On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 13:32 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> There are separate downloads for source RPMs for x86_64 and i386.
> 
> As far as I could tell, the FC3 updates SRPMs were identical for the two 
> architectures.  This seems like a good thing, if it works.
> 
> I use both architectures and would like the SRPMs, but hate wasting
> bandwidth and disk space.
> 
> Are there important differences between the two packages of SRPMs?
> Should I download both?
> 
> Should only one set of SRPMs be released?  Perhaps with a small number
> of arch-specific SRPMS for those that don't work on all archs.
> 

There are only differences in that not all packages are available for
all platforms, so a src.rpm dvd for x86_64 won't include a src.rpm for a
package that only is included with x86.

If you look at the ftp site, the SRPM directory in each arch is a
symlink to a single SRPM directory.


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