On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 01:31 +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote: > sorry that I bring up this topic once again: why does yum install i386 > packages on a x86_64 system during groupinstall? > > # yum groupinstall XFCE > ... > Dependencies Resolved > > ============================================================================= > Package Arch Version Repository Size > ============================================================================= > Installing: > Thunar i386 0.8.0-3.fc8 fedora 5.2 M > xfce-mcs-plugins x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 593 k > xfce-utils x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 346 k > xfce4-appfinder x86_64 4.4.1-2.fc8 fedora 264 k > xfce4-mailwatch-plugin x86_64 1.0.1-7.fc8 fedora 365 k > xfce4-mixer x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 216 k > xfce4-session-engines x86_64 4.4.1-2.fc8 fedora 325 k > xfprint i386 4.4.1-2.fc8 fedora 584 k > xfprint x86_64 4.4.1-2.fc8 fedora 587 k > Installing for dependencies: > Terminal x86_64 0.2.6-3.fc8 fedora 1.2 M > Thunar x86_64 0.8.0-3.fc8 fedora 5.2 M > exo i386 0.3.2-3.fc8 fedora 679 k > exo x86_64 0.3.2-3.fc8 fedora 681 k > libxfce4mcs i386 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 46 k > libxfce4mcs x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 48 k > libxfce4util x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 74 k > libxfce4util i386 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 73 k > libxfcegui4 x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 278 k > libxfcegui4 i386 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 277 k > mousepad x86_64 0.2.12-3.fc8 fedora 89 k > xfce-mcs-manager x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 382 k > xfce4-panel i386 4.4.1-4.fc8 fedora 530 k > xfce4-panel x86_64 4.4.1-4.fc8 fedora 535 k > xfce4-session i386 4.4.1-2.fc8 fedora 509 k > xfce4-session x86_64 4.4.1-2.fc8 fedora 510 k > xfdesktop x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 2.7 M > xfwm4 x86_64 4.4.1-3.fc8 fedora 1.3 M > > To me this looks like xfprint.i386 and Thunar.i386 are installed by > accident and then pull in the all the rest. Can anybody explain this to > me? > > I don't think that this behavior is desired by 99 % of the users. I'm pretty sure that that statistic is made up. it's something we'll be working on as a result of the multilib discussion we had early in the beginning of the f9 cycle. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
