nRF Command Line Tools Linux RPM package has wrong arch

[jnohlgard]

The RPM package for Linux x86 64 bit has its architecture set to amd64, but the correct value should be x86_64. This problem prevents installing the RPM on current versions of Fedora.

Attempting to install results in an error "package nrf-command-line-tools-10.15.4-1.amd64 does not have a compatible architecture"

% rpm -qip nrf-command-line-tools-10.15.4-1.amd64.rpm
Name        : nrf-command-line-tools
Version     : 10.15.4
Release     : 1
Architecture: amd64
Install Date: (not installed)
Group       : unknown
Size        : 82042919
License     : unknown
Signature   : (none)
Source RPM  : nrf-command-line-tools-10.15.4-1.src.rpm
Build Date  : Mon 28 Feb 2022 04:49:54 PM CET
Build Host  : sag-tool-docker-ubuntu-x64
Relocations : /opt/nrf-command-line-tools  
Vendor      : Nordic Semiconductor
URL         : www.nordicsemi.com/.../nRF-Command-Line-Tools
Summary     : nrf-command-line-tools
Description :
A command line tool set for programming nRF series devices via J-Link debug probes.

[Einar Thorsrud]

Hi,

Thanks for letting us know. As you noted, amd64 and x86_64 is the exact same architecture, so it is only the RPM package that is different. I have informed the team responsible for the nRF Command Line Tools so that they can update the generated RPM packages to use x86_64 in the future.

[Einar Thorsrud]

Hi,

We did not see this when testing with Fedora35 (latest stable), 36, and 37/Rawhide (dev build). Which exact Fedora version are you using, and which machine?

[jnohlgard]

I am running Fedora Silverblue 35 . it is possible that rpm-ostree is more picky about this than the regular rpm command is. Machine is a x86_64 (Intel 10th gen laptop).

Install command:

rpm-ostree install nrf-...-1.rpm

[Einar Thorsrud]

I see, so this seems related to rpm-ostree. That is good to know. Regardless, we will look into changing the architecture in RPMs to x86_64 in the future.