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Description of problem:
When --rebuild'ing RPM on a Playstation 2 under the official Sony Linux 1.0, I
noticed that the config.guess files would not correctly recognise the "mipsel"
processor type and the config.guess script would halt.

I contacted Ben Elliston (bje) who suggested that the config.guess
scripts be upgraded to the current version from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/

Vik :v)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download rpm-4.1-0.19.7x.src.rpm (as an example) ona Sony PS2 Linux PC.

2. From the same directory, issue:
	rpm --rebuild rpm-4.1-0.19.7x.src.rpm

3. Wait for the configure script to invoke config.guess

	

Actual Results:  config.guess reports that it cannot identify the processor type
and suggests that you notify the authors.

Expected Results:  config.guess should recognise the CPU as a "mipsel". If the
config.guess scripts are replaced, this happens properly.

Additional info:

The RPM will still fail to build until this patch is applied to RPM's legacy.c:
Index: legacy.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/devel/rpm/rpmdb/legacy.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 legacy.c
--- legacy.c    2 May 2002 22:16:31 -0000       1.6
+++ legacy.c    4 Jun 2002 12:48:41 -0000
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
            return 1;
        }
 
+#ifdef MADV_SEQUENTIAL
         xx = madvise(mapped, st->st_size, MADV_SEQUENTIAL);
+#endif
 
        ctx = rpmDigestInit(PGPHASHALGO_MD5, RPMDIGEST_NONE);
        xx = rpmDigestUpdate(ctx, mapped, st->st_size);


However, I am unsure of the stability of this patch on other platforms.