Issue
Can someone explain difference between noarch rpm and rpm. Is these two are dependents. I have Jenkins rpm and there are some noarch rpm too. what I can do with noarch rpm. Thanks for your help
Solution
if the rpm is called *.noarch.rpm that should mean that this rpm can be installed on any architecture. The contents (files) installed by that rpm are bash script, text files, documentation, or any other kind of files that don't depend on the architecture; so never compiled binaries.
Note however that it is the packager who decides that his rpm will be a noarch. If he makes a bad decision; he can create a noarch rpm containing compiled binaries.
Answered By - Chris Maes
