Re: New to x86_64; why so many i386 packages?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



And you can do a yum remove \*i?86 to have a thorough-bred. Not clear what that
gets you (or me, because that is exactly what I have done.

Trotter


--- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Steve Snyder wrote:
> > I just installed the x86_64 build of Fedora 8.  This is my first ever 
> > experience with x86_64 Linux as I haven't had the hardware before now. 
> > 
> > I'm amazed at the number of duplicate packages installed.  My total of 
> > 2096 packages installed includes 417 i386 and 2 i686 packages, all of 
> > which duplicate an existing x86_64 packages.
> > 
> > I understand that some applications don't play nicely when built for 
> > 64-bit pointers, but is it really necessary to have all these 
> > compatibility libraries just for those few apps?
> 
> Well in rawhide leading to Fedora 9, only the "best" arch wins by 
> default. If you want both you can set the policy to do that in yum.conf. 
> In Fedora 8, use the base arch plugin.
> 
> Rahul
> 
> -- 
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> 



      ____________________________________________________________________________________
You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.  
http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com

-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
[Index of Archives]     [Older Fedora Users]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Package Announce]     [EPEL Announce]     [Fedora Magazine]     [Fedora News]     [Fedora Summer Coding]     [Fedora Laptop]     [Fedora Cloud]     [Fedora Advisory Board]     [Fedora Education]     [Fedora Security]     [Fedora Scitech]     [Fedora Robotics]     [Fedora Maintainers]     [Fedora Infrastructure]     [Fedora Websites]     [Anaconda Devel]     [Fedora Devel Java]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora Fonts]     [ATA RAID]     [Fedora Marketing]     [Fedora Management Tools]     [Fedora Mentors]     [SSH]     [Fedora Package Review]     [Fedora R Devel]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kickstart]     [Fedora Music]     [Fedora Packaging]     [Centos]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Fedora Legal]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora OCaml]     [Coolkey]     [Virtualization Tools]     [ET Management Tools]     [Yum Users]     [Tux]     [Yosemite News]     [Gnome Users]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Art]     [Fedora Docs]     [Asterisk PBX]     [Fedora Sparc]     [Fedora Universal Network Connector]     [Libvirt Users]     [Fedora ARM]

  Powered by Linux