On 4/5/06, Robinson Tiemuqinke <hahaha_30k@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Newbie questions: Any one know if there is an yum > option similar to '--queryformat' for rpm? I ask this > because on x86_64 platform it is too difficult to > figure out whether a rpm reported by yum is x86_64 or > i[3456]86. create a ~/.rpmmacros file with the contents: %_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch} This will show you the arch when you query rpm and yum. For example: [jperrin@insanity ~]$ rpm -q httpd httpd-2.0.52-22.ent.centos4.i386 -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke