[Yum] yum will not install all 60 rpms because 2 of them have architecture missmatch

[Marat BN]

Hi,

I'm using yum to update RPMs on a legacy Linux Redhat
9 system running on a 
i386 architecture, and having some difficulties.

Yum downloaded ~ 60 rpm packages for updating the
system, but it will not 
install a single one of them because among these ~ 60
are 2 packages 
intended solely for the i686 architecture (I have
i386).

These packages are:

openssl-0.9.7a-20.2.i686.rpm
glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm

Yum will not install these 2 packages due to line
"exactarch=1" in the yum 
configuration file "/etc/yum.conf"; however, yum is
still downloading them. 
This creates a problem because there are ~ 58 
i386-based packages which 
would install just fine, but yum is not installing a
single one of them 
because of these 2 with architecture missmatch.

One way I was considering to solve this problem was to
simply change 
"exactarch" from 1 to 0 and install the i686's, but
I'm concerned that 
installing packages with an architecture missmatch may
result in a 
mysterious crash later on, so I don't want to risk it.

I'd like to inqure if there is a way to configure yum
to still install the 
other 58, and/or to not download the 2 i686-related
packages, and/or 
download their i386 equivalents instead.  I just
checked on google, and 
"openssl-0.9.7a-20.2.i386.rpm" and
"glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm" do exist.

Thank you for your time,
Marat



		
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