[Yum] Re: x86_64 and yum 2.1.12 (tries to install both architectures i386 and x86_64)

[seth vidal]

> install and remove operations are dramatically different, just think
> of the dependency direction you need to check in both cases. ;)

Think about doing them in a script or a template file for a system. All
of a sudden having different behavior for them is quite confusing for a
user.



> The idea is to Do The Right Thing (TM), which is this case is to only
> pull in compatibility packages when they are explicitely required like
> for installing openoffice.

And I'm talking about doing the right thing. Your concept of 'right' is
just different.



> The typical use should not include choosing archs at all. Currently
> yum bundles by default i386 packages to x86_64 ones. So even a
> non-multilib "native" [1] system becomes multilib on the first yum
> upgrade ...
> 
> [1] All but grub.i386

Boy, glad that won't cause any ambiguity.

-sv