[syslog-ng] syslog-ng open source edition for intel based x86_64 machine

[Peter Östlin]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Peter Östlin <peter.ostlin at op5.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Fegan, Joe <Joe.Fegan at hp.com> wrote:
>> I don't think yum cares about the names of rpm files - all of the important details, including the target architecture, are embedded in in the file, in the rpm header and yum uses that, regardless of the name of the file.
>>
>> Joe.
>
> Sure, this is actually what I mean. The arch of the syslog-ng package
> is set to amd64 (the name does not really matter) and I can't seem to
> get yum to understand that. Might be possible to solve using yum
> configuration but as far as I understand yum on a default Fedora or
> CentOS installation will not find packages with amd64 as arch.
>
> /Peter

To clarify, if I try to install the package using yum localinstall I get:

root at t64-mon-app:~# yum localinstall syslog-ng-3.0.4-1.rhel5.amd64.rpm
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining syslog-ng-3.0.4-1.rhel5.amd64.rpm: syslog-ng-3.0.4-1.rhel5.amd64
Cannot add package syslog-ng-3.0.4-1.rhel5.amd64.rpm to transaction.
Not a compatible architecture: amd64

So the problem is that yum do not recognize amd64 as a valid arch and
I don't know how to tell yum that amd64 is compatible with x86_64.
Installing using rpm works but I would like to be able to use yum
since it automatically resolves dependencies.

/Peter



>
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Peter Östlin
>> Sent: 30 October 2009 10:35
>> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng open source edition for intel based x86_64 machine
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 20:07 +0530, Jain, Vaibhav (GE Healthcare) wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> In the balabit site syslog-ng(open source edition) is available only
>>>> for amd64 and i386 platform. Is it available for intel based x86_64
>>>> machine ?
>>>
>>> we only have one binary for both amd64 and x86_64. it is named amd64 in
>>> our internal build system and would  need a lot of work to change that.
>>
>>
>> Does your build system support creating source rpm's? The main problem
>> with the naming scheme as I understand it is that yum do not like the
>> amd64 arch. So if you could gernerate source rpm's it would be pretty
>> easy to rebuild.
>>
>> Cheers
>> /Peter Östlin
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