[Yum] yum returns x86_64 bits $basearch rather than i386 !

[Tru Huynh]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 08:17:58PM +0200, Pascal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We have a fresh install of a centos5 32 bits.

That's a centos issue ;)

> Yum looks for x86_64 bits packages !
of course!
> 
> How to set the $basearch to i386 ? any idea why it does this ?
> 
> This os has been installed by booting on a centos8 x86_64 bits CD and by 
                                                   5 ^^^^^^  should have been i386

rpm --showrc  will probably show someting like:
ARCHITECTURE AND OS:
build arch            : x86_64
compatible build archs: ia32e x86_64 noarch
build os              : Linux
compatible build os's : linux
install arch          : ia32e
install os            : Linux
compatible archs      : ia32e x86_64 athlon noarch amd64 i686 i586 i486 i386 fat
compatible os's       : linux

instead of
ARCHITECTURE AND OS:
build arch            : i386
compatible build archs: i686 i586 i486 i386 noarch fat
build os              : Linux
compatible build os's : linux
install arch          : i686
install os            : Linux
compatible archs      : i686 i586 i486 i386 noarch fat
compatible os's       : linux

Tru