Description of problem: On platforms such as x86 and arm, there are macros which expand to all possible subarchs. For example: $ rpm --eval '%{ix86}' i386 i486 i586 i686 pentium3 pentium4 athlon geode $ rpm --eval '%{arm}' armv3l armv4b armv4l armv4tl armv5tel armv5tejl armv6l armv7l A new ppc64 subarchitecture, called 'ppc64p7', is being introduced and it's very likely that in the future there will be additional ppc64 subarchitectures. To make adding new subarchs for ppc64 easier in the future, we'd like to have a power arch macro which expands to all possible subarchs. The goal would be instead of having: %ifarch ppc64 ppc64p7 fictional-ppc64p42 etc etc one could just write %ifarch %{power64} N.B. power64 is a proposed name. We should attempt to avoid perceptual collisions if the string 'power64' is used in similar contexts.
Created attachment 581688 [details] add power64 arch macro
Talked with Panu today, will hit git master in a few days and got a go for a new rpm for F17 with the change. F17 build: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4049123 Thanks & regards, Phil
rpm-4.9.1.3-6.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rpm-4.9.1.3-6.fc17
Package rpm-4.9.1.3-6.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing rpm-4.9.1.3-6.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7269/rpm-4.9.1.3-6.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
rpm-4.9.1.3-6.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.