Re: necessary to compile new versions?

"Thorsten Hahn" <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:06:35 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.suse.sparc
Message-ID	<001901c2b257$65d8c880$0200a8c0@wohnzimmer>

> can one use packages pre-built for
> intel-linux on sparc machines running linux?

Dear Kevin,

the answer is yes and no. You can use RPMs without binaries, like webmin or
squirrelmail, but you canÂ´t use RPMs with stuff compiled with gcc or
something. Most interesting stuff is compiled, so you have to do it on your
own.

Happy new year
Thorsten Hahn