Source package xalan-c-1.11.0-2 used by EPEL7 does not support ppc64le. A newer version supporting this architecture should be used instead.
Same applies to aarch64. This was fixed for f21 in commit b8d9a3f (the very next commit after epel7 branched), but as there have been no code changes since, a simple merge from master will fix this.
xalan-c-1.11.0-3.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2015-cf06efa4a4
xalan-c-1.11.0-3.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'yum --enablerepo=epel-testing update xalan-c' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2015-cf06efa4a4
xalan-c-1.11.0-3.el7 failed on an epel7 ppc64le. configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one This happened because of following line in the spec: # Update config.guess for new architectures cp /usr/lib/rpm/config.guess config.guess Because of the rpm-4.11.3-17 package version on redhat, /usr/lib/rpm/config.guess and config.sub comming from rpm package are not set correctly for ppc64le and these files can not be used directly. Note that /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/config... handle ppc64le correctly.
(In reply to Menanteau Guy from comment #4) > Because of the rpm-4.11.3-17 package version on redhat, > /usr/lib/rpm/config.guess and config.sub comming from rpm package are not > set correctly for ppc64le and these files can not be used directly. > Note that /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/config... handle ppc64le correctly. IMO this should be fixed in RHEL rpm; I filed bug 1291377 accordingly.
xalan-c-1.11.0-3.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.