On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 16:08 -0600, Aleksander Demko wrote: > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, seth vidal wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 13:55 -0600, Aleksander Demko wrote: > > > I can't seem to install a package for a different arch (i386), if > > > there is a package already installed with an another arch (x86_64). > > > It works if I do it directly with rpm... Is there a flag that I am > > > missing? > > > > what ver of yum > > what distro > > what ver of rpm > > what command are you running? > > Fedora 3, yum-2.1.11-3 rpm-4.3.2-21 > > A few of them, but I'll do a complete example here: > > [root@moya tmp]# yum list xorg-x11-deprecated-libs > ... > Installed Packages > xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.x86_64 6.8.1-12.FC3.21 installed > Available Packages > xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386 6.8.1-12.FC3.21 updates3 > > [root@moya tmp]# yum install xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386 > ... > Nothing to do > > (so I'll try with RPM:) > [root@moya tmp]# rpm -Uhv > /nexus/heap/software/yum/updates/3_64/RPMS/xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-0-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386.rpm > Preparing... > ########################################### [100%] > > 1:xorg-x11-deprecated-lib########################################### > [100%] > > (and then all is well) > [root@moya tmp]# yum list xorg-x11-deprecated-libs > ... > Installed Packages > xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386 6.8.1-12.FC3.21 installed > xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.x86_64 6.8.1-12.FC3.21 installed > could you grab yum 2.1.12 from updates-testing and try it with that. I believe that was a bug I fixed in 2.1.12. -sv