[Yum] multi arch question (32/64 bit)

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 16:08 -0600, Aleksander Demko wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 13:55 -0600, Aleksander Demko wrote:
> > > I can't seem to install a package for a different arch (i386), if
> > > there is a package already installed with an another arch (x86_64).
> > > It works if I do it directly with rpm... Is there a flag that I am
> > > missing?
> >
> > what ver of yum
> > what distro
> > what ver of rpm
> > what command are you running?
> 
> Fedora 3, yum-2.1.11-3 rpm-4.3.2-21
> 
> A few of them, but I'll do a complete example here:
> 
> [root at moya tmp]# yum list xorg-x11-deprecated-libs
> ...
> Installed Packages
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.x86_64          6.8.1-12.FC3.21        installed
> Available Packages
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386            6.8.1-12.FC3.21        updates3
> 
> [root at moya tmp]# yum install xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386
> ...
> Nothing to do
> 
> (so I'll try with RPM:)
> [root at moya tmp]# rpm -Uhv
> /nexus/heap/software/yum/updates/3_64/RPMS/xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-0-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386.rpm
> Preparing...
> ########################################### [100%]
> 
> 1:xorg-x11-deprecated-lib###########################################
> [100%]
> 
> (and then all is well)
> [root at moya tmp]# yum list xorg-x11-deprecated-libs
> ...
> Installed Packages
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386            6.8.1-12.FC3.21        installed
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.x86_64          6.8.1-12.FC3.21        installed
> 

could you grab yum 2.1.12 from updates-testing and try it with that.

I believe that was a bug I fixed in 2.1.12.

-sv