Created attachment 581185 [details] tail of build.log Description of problem: Package doesn't build because of errors: gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-melf_i386' or gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-melf_x86_64' Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): atlas-3.8.4-4.fc17 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. fedpkg scratch-build Actual results: gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-melf_i386' Expected results: Proper build. Additional info: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4034728
Created attachment 581188 [details] melf.patch this fixes the issue
Fixed properly in atlas-3.8.4-6.fc18 by passing the flag to the linker with -Wl,-melf_*.