[Yum] reposync 32 bit repo on 64 bit host

[Paul Howarth]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:16:09 +1000
Ian Mortimer <i.mortimer at uq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On a 64 bit host reposync fetches only noarch packages for a 32 bit
> repository and ignores i386 and i686 packages.  The command is:
> 
> reposync -a i386 -m -c centos-6.3-i386.conf -n \
> -r updates-mirror-6.3-i386 -p /centos/6.3/updates
> 
> centos-6.3-i386.conf is:
> 
> [updates-mirror-6.3-i386]
> name=CentOS-6.3 - Updates
> baseurl=http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/centos/6.3/updates/i386/
> 
> I've had no problems in the past syncing 64 bit repos on 32 bit
> hosts but not having any luck the other way round.
> 
> This is on CentOS 6.3 with:
> 
> yum-3.2.29-30.el6.centos.noarch
> yum-utils-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch
> 
> Is this a bug or am I missing something?

Try dropping the -a i386. I don't use it when syncing rawhide 32-bit to
my 64-bit builder and that works OK.

Paul.