what is wrong in that answer? the question was "Are they essential, ie would the system run without them?" no, they are not ESSENTIAL yes, the system would run without them Am 03.06.2012 15:13, schrieb John Mellor: > Reindl, you might want to rethink that wrong answer, seeing as you don't > know what he does with the system. > > Tim, if you run 32-bit dynamically linked applications, you're going to > need the 32-bit libraries, configs, etc. That 32-bit application list > includes some games, some browser plugins, a great many third-party > business applications, old apps that cannot be redesigned or recompiled > for 32-bit pointers, etc. In a few cases, the application has been > compiled 32 and 64-bit, and you will need to thread your way through the > linkage requirements of each before safely deleting the 32-bit > libraries. So, it all depends upon what you're doing with it. > > Otherwise, yes, you can remove the 32-bit stuff. > > > On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 14:00 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 03.06.2012 13:57, schrieb Timothy Murphy: >>> 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
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