On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 17:04 +0100, saveline@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > I recently had a problem with a kernel install. I used yum and it > install a new kernel (2.4.21-37.EL), but it installed this kernel for > x86_64 (in fact my box is an ia32e), so I got a kernel panic :-) . > I saw there was a kernel specially for ia32e and it works fine. So I > made the Garrick Staples update on my archwork.py in order to have ia32e > listed in available packages with yum. > My question is : If yum has for the same package the choice between an > x86_64 arch and a ia32e arch does it will choose ia32e by default for an > install or an update ? 1. I didn't know of any distros that were shipping an ia32e kernel. Curious 2. yes - ia32e will be preferred IF you already had an ia32e kernel installed. Yum won't change archs on a package by default b/c of how potentially dangerous it is. -sv
