[Yum] arch bug

[Jack Neely]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 01:26:26PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 11:33, Jack Neely wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 09:44:44AM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > > fo/yum
> > > > 
> > > > Seth,
> > > > 
> > > > This didn't strike me as the same bug when I first ran into it.  The
> > > > error message is (I think) complaining about that yum is trying to
> > > > install the wrong arch.  I've got i386, i686, and athlon packages.  Of
> > > > course, they must match the kernel arch because they are kernel modules.
> > > > 
> > > > I'll try your latest snapshot.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Please do and do a -d5 - I'd like to see what its pulling.
> > 
> >         http://anduril.pams.ncsu.edu/~slack/yum2.log
> > 
> > that's me doing a yum -d 10 install beowulf with today's snapshot where
> > beowulf is an empty package that runs some %post magic and depends on
> > all the beowulf packages including bporc-nodules.  It still wants to
> > install the athlon arch.
> > 
> > > 
> > > The thing is an athlon package _should_ run on an i686 - or at least it
> > > should install.
> > 
> > Should *install*, yes, run no.  At least, not kernel modules built with
> > althon symbols.
> > 
> > > 
> > > try specifically updating that package:
> > > 
> > > yum -d 5 update bproc-modules would be the most useful thing.
> > 
> > And, of course, this installs the right arch, i686 and proper deps that
> > bproc-modules uses.
> > 
> > What I'm trying to do here is make an easy, automated way to get all the
> > packages to make a RK box into a beowulf head node.  Hence the "beowulf"
> > package.
> > 
> >
> 
> ok try this
> go into the yum snapshot dir
> run this
> python
> import archwork
> archlist = ['i386','i686','athlon','i586']
> archwork.bestarch(archlist)
> 
> tell me what it outputs.
> 
> b/c its either that or it can't find the i686 one at all.
> 
> -sv
> 

It reports back 'i686'.  If I do a update bproc-modules it wants to
install i686.  Checked the package in the tree and the i686 arch is
there and seems sane.

*shrug*

Jack



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