Hi, seth vidal wrote: > yes it is correct behavior. There is a package that is: > 1. available > 2. of an arch that can be installed > 3. not older than anything you currently have installed > > so why isn't it correct behavior? it's a 64bit system and I don't want the 32bit RPM because the 64bit RPM is already installed (in the same version) and so the 32bit RPM is not the best fit for a 64bit system, if I want the 32bit RPMs I install them with "xxx.i386". Of course I could always add a .x86_64 and this way yum installs only x86_64 binaries but it would be nice to have an option in the config file which uses the .x86_64 as default for the *install* if nothing else is given, like the exactarch=1 for the update (which somehow failed btw. for the boost lib with yum 2.1.12, see below). Btw. how handles yum dependencies when I install a xxxx.x86_64 RPM which has as dependency the yyyy.x86_64 RPM which exist as yyyy.i386 as well, what would yum do? Would it install the yyyy.x86_64 *and* the yyyy.i386 version? Or would it install only the yyyy.x86_64 because I gave xxxx.x86_64 as input and this way only the yyyy.x86_64 is the dependency (I hope so :))? I admit only a few RPMs are available as .x86_64 and .i386 in the same repository and so I can solve the problems manually when I see that yum tries to install two versions of the the same RPM but a config option would be handy :). That's the other problem which I had with the update which I really believe is wrong, because yum tried to update the boost.x86_64 with the boost.i386 :) (exactarch=1 is set), or better yum tried to update the boost.x86_64 and the boost.i386 but the boost.i386 is not installed. -------------------------- [root@xxxx ~]# yum list boost Installed Packages boost.x86_64 1.31.0-9 installed Available Packages boost.x86_64 1.32.0-1.fc3 updates-released boost.i386 1.32.0-1.fc3 updates-released [root@xxxx ~]# yum update Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package boost.i386 0:1.32.0-1.fc3 set to be updated ---> Package boost.x86_64 0:1.32.0-1.fc3 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved Transaction Listing: Update: boost.i386 0:1.32.0-1.fc3 Update: boost.x86_64 0:1.32.0-1.fc3 Other Transactions: Obsoleting: boost.x86_64 0:1.31.0-9 with boost.i386 0:1.32.0-1.fc3 Is this ok [y/N]: n Exiting on user Command Complete! -------------------------- Regards, J?rgen PS.: Btw. the new yum is for the most tasks way faster then the old version, it's a great improvement and I like the new repos :).
