On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 21:26:48 +0800 Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf --excludepkgs=*686 info 389-admin Thanks for that: that seems helpful, too, when dnf suggests packages different from the actual machine architecture: I was trying to install a package from the testing repo, and it suggested with the --exclude flag this (architecture here is x86_64): # dnf --exclude=*686 --allowerasing --best install usbguard --enablerepo=updates-testing Last metadata expiration check: 0:33:21 ago on Thu 08 Mar 2018 02:42:09 PM CET. Package usbguard-0.7.0-3.fc26.x86_64 is already installed, skipping. Dependencies resolved. ======================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================= Upgrading: usbguard x86_64 0.7.2-2.fc26 updates-testing 414 k usbguard-applet-qt x86_64 0.7.2-2.fc26 updates-testing 74 k Transaction Summary ======================================================= Upgrade 2 Packages Total download size: 488 k Is this ok [y/N]: Operation aborted. ######################## now without the "--exclude" switch: dnf --allowerasing --best install usbguard --enablerepo=updates-testing Last metadata expiration check: 0:36:06 ago on Thu 08 Mar 2018 02:42:09 PM CET. Package usbguard-0.7.0-3.fc26.x86_64 is already installed, skipping. Dependencies resolved. =================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =================================================== Upgrading: usbguard x86_64 0.7.2-2.fc26 updates-testing 414 k Installing dependencies: glibc i686 2.25-13.fc26 updates 4.1 M libgcc i686 7.3.1-2.fc26 updates 103 k libgcrypt i686 1.8.2-1.fc26 updates 430 k libgpg-error i686 1.25-2.fc26 fedora 163 k libqb i686 1.0.2-1.fc26 fedora 110 k libstdc++ i686 7.3.1-2.fc26 updates 503 k nss-softokn-freebl i686 3.35.0-1.0.fc26 updates 232 k protobuf i686 3.2.0-4.fc26 updates 818 k usbguard i686 0.7.0-3.fc26 updates 428 k zlib i686 1.2.11-2.fc26 fedora 101 k Installing weak dependencies: libcrypt-nss i686 2.25-13.fc26 updates 55 k Transaction Summary ===================================================== Install 11 Packages Upgrade 1 Package Total download size: 7.3 M Is this ok [y/N]: --------------------------------- Tho' I'm not sure whether all this a feature or a bug ... ;) Regards - thanks again! -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx