Reindl Harald wrote: >> A very elementary question, I assume: >> Why are 32-bit applications (as well as 64-bit) >> downloaded on a 64-bit system? >> Are they essential, ie would the system run without them? > > you do not need any i686 crap on your system > > yun can even specify "exclude=*.i686" in yum.conf > or repos to prevent yum following broken update paths > by pulling i686 packages in stupidity > > rpm -qa | grep x86_64 | wc -l > 1127 > > rpm -qa | grep i686 | wc -l > 0 Thanks very much. I found a few i686 rpms have been downloaded on my 64-bit systems, I'm not sure how or why. I've yum-removed them, and the machines do not seem to be affected ... -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
