On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 03:21:58AM +0100, Lance Davis wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, John Newbigin wrote:
> > I also have another question which I will ask here.... it is about the
> > x86_64 updates
> > http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.4/updates/x86_64/RPMS/
> >
> > There are i386 updates in there. Are these required?
>
> That is better answered by one of the x86_64 maintainers.
Yes they are required to keep the x86_64 and ix86 version in sync
when you have _both_ versions of the same libs installed.
...mostly for 32 bits compatility requirements.
If you are running 64 bits only, then you can ignore them.
>
> > They are the same
> > as the i386 versions. If so, I end up downloading them multiple times
> > which is a pain :(
> >
>
> They should be hardlinks to the i386 rpms - which rsync will respect as
> long as you use -H and only download once.
rsync is able to recognise the hard links -> no wasted disk space/bandwith
Cheers,
Tru
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Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance)
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B
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