Hello, Questions: Why does the build for succeed[i586] and fail[x86_64] on platforms ? Why does x86_64 fail ,how is spec fixed so build completes. ? Thanks --Glenn [urls] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:doiggl/kernel-vanilla1 https://build.opensuse.org/public/build/home:doiggl/openSUSE_Factory/i586/ke... https://build.opensuse.org/public/build/home:doiggl/openSUSE_Factory/x86_64/... from logs: https://build.opensuse.org/package/live_build_log/home:doiggl/kernel-vanilla... [ 58s] CC arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.o [ 59s] AS arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.o [ 59s] CC arch/x86/purgatory/string.o [ 59s] LD arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.ro [ 59s] BIN2C arch/x86/purgatory/kexec-purgatory.c [ 59s] CC kernel/bounds.s [ 59s] cc1: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode [ 59s] make[2]: *** [kernel/bounds.s] Error 1 [ 59s] make[1]: *** [prepare0] Error 2 [ 59s] make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-vanilla-4.2.1/linux-4.2/linux-obj' [ 59s] make: *** [sub-make] Error 2 [ 59s] make: Leaving directory `/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-vanilla-4.2.1/linux-4.2' [ 59s] error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.bXHOnk (%prep) [ 59s] [ 59s] [ 59s] RPM build errors: [ 59s] Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.bXHOnk (%prep) [ 59s] [ 59s] lamb27 failed "build kernel-vanilla.spec" at Sun Oct 8 13:36:55 UTC 2017. [ 59s] or ## https://build.opensuse.org/public/build/home:doiggl/openSUSE_Factory/i586/ke... [ 1967s] ... saving statistics [ 1967s] ... saving built packages [ 1967s] RPMS/i686/kernel-vanilla-devel-4.2.1-2.1.gd2bbe7f.i686.rpm [ 1967s] RPMS/i686/kernel-vanilla-4.2.1-2.1.gd2bbe7f.i686.rpm [ 1967s] SRPMS/kernel-vanilla-4.2.1-2.1.gd2bbe7f.nosrc.rpm [ 1967s] OTHER/_statistics [ 1967s] OTHER/rpmlint.log [ 1967s] [ 1967s] lamb70 finished "build kernel-vanilla.spec" at Sun Oct 8 14:08:44 UTC 2017. [ 1967s] [ 1967s] ### VM INTERACTION START ### [ 1970s] [ 1962.791243] sysrq: SysRq : Power Off [ 1970s] [ 1962.798089] reboot: Power down [ 1970s] ### VM INTERACTION END ### [ 1970s] build: extracting built packages... [ 1970s] RPMS/i686/kernel-vanilla-devel-4.2.1-2.1.gd2bbe7f.i686.rpm [ 1970s] RPMS/i686/kernel-vanilla-4.2.1-2.1.gd2bbe7f.i686.rpm [ 1970s] SRPMS/kernel-vanilla-4.2.1-2.1.gd2bbe7f.nosrc.rpm [ 1970s] OTHER/_statistics [ 1970s] OTHER/rpmlint.log