When use rpm to install packages on ppc64le. it occurs the error: gentoo-coreos-ppc64le ~ # rpm -ivh BESAgent-9.5.2.56-rhe7.ppc64le.rpm --nodeps Preparing... ################################# [100%] Wrong platform: this package is intended for a ppc64le system. error: %prein(BESAgent-9.5.2.56-rhe7.ppc64le) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 error: BESAgent-9.5.2.56-rhe7.ppc64le: install failed Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge rpm 2. gentoo-coreos-ppc64le ~ # rpm -ivh BESAgent-9.5.2.56-rhe7.ppc64le.rpm --nodeps Preparing... ################################# [100%] Wrong platform: this package is intended for a ppc64le system. error: %prein(BESAgent-9.5.2.56-rhe7.ppc64le) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 error: BESAgent-9.5.2.56-rhe7.ppc64le: install failed 3. Actual Results: rpm -ivh failed install ppc64le rpm gentoo-coreos-ppc64le ~ # emerge --info setlocale: unsupported locale setting setlocale: unsupported locale setting Portage 2.2.28 (python 2.7.10-final-0, default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/little-endian/systemd, gcc-5.3.0, glibc-2.22-r4, 4.4.6-gentoo ppc64le) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.4.6-gentoo-ppc64le-POWER8E_-raw-,_altivec_supported-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16739456 total, 7803200 free KiB Swap: 2097088 total, 2097088 free sh bash 4.3_p42-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p42-r1::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.20.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10-r1::gentoo, 3.4.3-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.19.1::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 5.3.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.3::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.22-r4::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: git sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=power8 -mtune=power8 -mabi=elfv2" CHOST="powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="acl altivec berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm ibm iconv ipv6 modules ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre ppc64 readline session ssl systemd tcpd udev unicode xattr zlib" ABI_PPC="64" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev mach64 mga nv r128 radeon dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
I'm closing this since this is due to the micros in rpmrc. If I set the macros will fix this.