Re: Question on 64-bit + 32-bit

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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 ...

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Timothy Murphy  
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