> I'm asking this question because I had the problem that yum refuses to > install a RPM on my system. The RPM has as architecture i686 but my base > architecture is i386 (according to yum, the CPU is a P4) and so yum > couldn't find the package with "yum install". Is there an option of the > exactarch parameter which affects "yum install" as well? yum install won't care about exactarch - exactarch is only for staying with the same arch during an update or an upgrade. During a first install it will install the one best one for your arch. -sv
