Re: how make sure yum installs <= i586?

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On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 10:50 -0400, seandarcy wrote:
> I posted this on fedora.general, without success, so any help appreciated.
> 
> I'm running fc6 on an old i586 machine. yum updates the kernel correctly 
>    (that is, kernel.i586), and does not install glibc.i686.
> 
> But, it continues to install openssl.i686, which causes no end of 
> trouble, because this a remote machine. openssl.i686 hoses sshd and rpm. 
>   So someone actually has to crawl though a long shaftway, and set the 
> machine to allow telnet.
> 
> I have exactarch=1.
> 
> cat /etc/yum.conf
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> keepcache=0
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> obsoletes=1
> gpgcheck=1
> plugins=1
> metadata_expire=1800
> 
>   uname -p
> i586
> 
> cat fedora-updates.repo
> [updates]
> name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Updates
> #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
> mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc$releasever&arch=$basearch
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
> ........
> 
> I have no i686 packages installed:
> rpm -q glibc
> glibc-2.5-18.fc6.i386
> 

please provide the output of:

cat /etc/rpm/platform

and

uname -a


thanks
-sv


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