> <group>abi_transition</group> > <required abi_bits=32>package1</required> That syntax seems extremely cumbersome. > would be less intrusive, since no matter what platformn the name is > the same, for those where there is no 64-bit abi the abi_bits would be > ignored, and for those that are 64-bit this could be honored by > passing a flag to yum to parse on the client side, i.e. > > yum groupinstall abi_transition --abi_bits=32 adding a flag for this would just confuse the issue, wouldn't it? In what circumstances would you want ONLY the x86_64 or ONLY the i386 package installed from a given repository? -sv