> No, it's not, you did not understand the above: > > o The system is non-multilib, i.e. there are no double packages > existing for different archs. > o The system is almost native, the only non-x86_64 package is grub. > > That's why non-multilib is not in quotes, while native was. > > Anyway the system becomes multi-lib the moment I use yum ... The system is multilib from the beginning. It has more than one arch right away. In addition, it becomes 'multilib' in the sense you're using it the moment you run yum w/o being specific about which arch you want. -sv