On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 12:07 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > On 13/03/2008, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > [root@meibok ~]# uname -m > > > x86_64 > > > [root@meibok ~]# cat /etc/rpm/platform > > > i686-redhat-linux > > > > How did you end up with that /etc/rpm/platform file? > > Took some checking, but I think I have it figured out. > > This box earlier had an RHEL3-x86 installation on it; which I upgraded > to RHEL5-x86_64 (using Anaconda upgrade option). It appears as if > Anaconda doesn't update /etc/rpm/platform during upgrades even if the > arch changes (unless I provide rpmarch=x86_64 on the command line). > > And secondly, the "right" (canonicalized) entry in /etc/rpm/platform > for my server is ia32e-redhat-linux since it has a GenuineIntel > processor. For Authentic AMD processors, it should be > amd64-redhat-linux. > > All the above, from Anaconda and RHPL source code. > ah ha - thanks for the explanation. good luck with your setup. -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
