Re: Version 1

From: Andrzej Pruszynski (abi@rth.coi.waw.pl)
Date: Sun Apr 21 2002 - 20:41:47 EDT

  • Next message: Alan Horkan: "Re: Version 1"

    On Mon 22. April 2002 02:12, Alan Horkan wrote:
    > no arch means no architecture
    > and refers to the fact that software has to be made different for
    > different chip architectures, namely big endian and little endian,
    > IBM Intel AMD PC x86 etc or Apple Motorola PowerPC chip architecture.

    So, how we can explain this:

    [root@234m abi.1.0]# rpm -Uvh abiword-fonts-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
    Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
    package abiword-fonts-1.0.0-1 is for a different architecture
    [root@234m abi.1.0]#

    Andrzej

    > Sincerely
    > Alan Horkan
    >
    > > There was a fonts file rpm which I have downloaded but not installed.
    > > (abiword-fonts-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm). What does 'noarch' mean, can anyone
    > > tell me? And secondly, is there any advantage to installing this file
    > > since I have the usual selection of fonts available to me already?
    > >
    > > TIA
    > >
    > > Neil
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