2006/6/22, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 16:22 -0300, Clodoaldo Pinto wrote: > > 2006/6/22, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 13:09 -0300, Clodoaldo Pinto wrote: > > > > In a FC3 machine I have python.i386 installed and I want to replace it > > > > with python.i686. The versions are the same: > > > 1. upgrade to yum 2.4 > > > > > > or > > > > > > 2. disable exactarch in your yum.conf then run the update of python, > > > then turn it back on. > > > > exactarch was already disabled. Tried to replace python.i386 by > > python.i686 in a FC5 system with yum 2.6.1 and exactarch disabled wiht > > the similar results: > ah ha > > I missed the 'versions are the same' part. > > sorry. > > you can't really do that with yum. > > just do: > > > rpm -Uvh --replacefiles --replacepkgs filename filename filename That worked. Thanks. Regards, Clodoaldo