[CentOS] noarch concerns? dangers?

[Michel Daggelinckx]

R Lists06 wrote:
> Please share some wisdom from the list... :-)
>
> Realistically there is some type of difference between an rpm made for an
> arch (like i386 or x86_64 etc) vrs an rpm with noarch
>
> I was just looking at and downloaded these two from dag
>
> perl-Archive-Tar-1.30-1.el4.rf.noarch.rpm
> perl-IO-Zlib-1.04-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm
>
> they are the latest and are not assigned to an architecture
>
> there are older rpms of the same that are assigned an arch like i386
>
> what concerns should I be aware of if any when considering installing these?
>
> Or should I just choose an older one with i386 etc architecture in mind?
>
> Unit to install on is production internet mail and web server etc
>
> Thanks and kind regards!
>
>  - rh
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perl is an interpreted language so it makes no difference on what
architecture you run it.
arch is only important for compiled programs as the resulting object is
different on every architecture