On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 15:52 -0500, sean darcy wrote: > Seth Vidal wrote: > > >interesting. > > > >what does /etc/rpm/platform have in it? > > Tada. > Nothing. But since that did tell me what to google for, I found the yum > list. Inserted x86_64-redhat-linux. > > But that's only half my Xmas wish. Now it's showing ONLY x86_64. From the > yum list messages I take it this is a function of exactarch and > transaction_color ( which I didn't see in macros ). umm, the i386 ones that are available should be listed. it's not an either-or sort of thing. the question you should ask is why didn't you get an /etc/rpm/platform file? -sv