problem with "yum install libXmu.so.6"

[nat101l at gmail.com (Nat Gross)]

On 4/25/06, Jim Perrin <jperrin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/share/man/man5/fonts-conf.5.gz
> > from install of fontconfig-2.2.3-7 conflicts with file from package
> > fontconfig-2.2.3-7
>
> The 64bit fontconfig is conflicting with the 32bit fontconfig. Make
> sure you're installing the proper arch for the lib you need, and you
> may have to exclude one of the fontconfig packages in your yum
> configs.
Two questions:
1. Doesn't yum know that its running on a 64 bit system and
automatically pull the right  rpm's?
2. If I need to specify 64 bit version of the aforementioned pkg
(libXmu.so.6), how do I do that? Is there a naming convention for
this?

Thanks;
nat