Le Mardi 11 Octobre 2005 16:13, Steve Grubb a écrit : > On Tuesday 11 October 2005 09:48, Justin Conover wrote: > > You could tail the end of /root/install.log to see what are i386/x86_64 > > packages. > > That file is long gone. > > But look at this: > > [root@spirit ~]# rpm -q --whatrequires kdebase | grep i386 > kdemultimedia-3.4.91-1.i386 > [root@spirit ~]# rpm -q --whatrequires kdemultimedia | grep i386 > [root@spirit ~]# rpm -q kdemultimedia > kdemultimedia-3.4.91-1.x86_64 > kdemultimedia-3.4.91-1.i386 > > So, why is kdemultimedia i386 installed? It appears to cause kdebase i386 > to be installed, which in turn requires kdelibs i386, which in turn > requires arts i386. I'm sure there's more but I can't backtrack from that > point. > > This wastes a lot of disk space and a lot of somebody's bandwidth for > everyone downloading it. We really need a good way to find this cruft and > remove it. > > -Steve This has been a long lasting problem. I remember noticing it with FC2 and FC3Tx, then someone pointed that it was fixed in FC4 a while back in this list. I made a fresh install of FC4 a few days ago, and I can assure you the problem is still there. A hell lot of totally useless i386 packages are installed. After I installed FC4, I had to remove 150ish of them. No OOo stuff were depending on those 150. Not one. These useless packages bring there share of problems. As it has been pointed out here, they represent a waste of disk space and of bandwidth when it's time to update them. Also, they can interfere when you manually compile an application in an environment that wouldn't be properly set. And finally, they are a source of problem with yum. Sure yum could handle this situation more smartly, and would have to for the few packages needed for OOo, but IMHO the root of the problem here is at the installation stage. just my 0.02 ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger T�chargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list