> $ rpm -qa --qf %{NAME}\\n | sort | uniq -d | wc
> 259 259 2634
>
> So 259 of 1364 Packages are installed in both versions, i386 and x86_64.
> And it's not just libraries or devel packages. For example, I have
> firefox installed twice, and both packages have conflicting files.
This is normal.
> $ rpm -qf --qf %{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH}\\n
> /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png
> firefox-2.0.0.4-2.fc7-x86_64
> firefox-2.0.0.4-2.fc7-i386
The files are identical, so there is not a conflict - this is expected.
> Another example: With "yum groupinstall XFCE" I get a lot of i386
> packages too.
Again, expected.
> I can remove the i386 ones, but this will break the x86_64
> versions. rpm -V tells me that not much of the package is left, in most
> cases only the contents of /usr/lib64 is still there.
*That* is a bug. Can you file that, please?
Bill
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