[Yum] Re: how make sure yum installs <= i586?

[seth vidal]

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 12:26 -0400, sean darcy wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 10:50 -0400, seandarcy wrote:
> >> I posted this on fedora.general, without success, so any help appreciated.
> >>
> >> I'm running fc6 on an old i586 machine. yum updates the kernel correctly 
> >>    (that is, kernel.i586), and does not install glibc.i686.
> >>
> >> But, it continues to install openssl.i686, which causes no end of 
> >> trouble, because this a remote machine. openssl.i686 hoses sshd and rpm. 
> >>   So someone actually has to crawl though a long shaftway, and set the 
> >> machine to allow telnet.
> >>
> >> I have exactarch=1.
> >>
> >> cat /etc/yum.conf
> >> [main]
> >> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> >> keepcache=0
> >> debuglevel=2
> >> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> >> pkgpolicy=newest
> >> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> >> tolerant=1
> >> exactarch=1
> >> obsoletes=1
> >> gpgcheck=1
> >> plugins=1
> >> metadata_expire=1800
> >>
> >>   uname -p
> >> i586
> >>
> >> cat fedora-updates.repo
> >> [updates]
> >> name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Updates
> >> #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
> >> mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc$releasever&arch=$basearch
> >> enabled=1
> >> gpgcheck=1
> >> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
> >> ........
> >>
> >> I have no i686 packages installed:
> >> rpm -q glibc
> >> glibc-2.5-18.fc6.i386
> >>
> > 
> > please provide the output of:
> > 
> > cat /etc/rpm/platform
> > 
> cat /etc/rpm/platform
> athlon-redhat-linux
> 
> !!!
> 
> > and
> > 
> > uname -a
> > 
> 
>   uname -a
> Linux MyMachine 2.6.22.9-61.fc6 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 17:45:57 EDT 2007 i586 
> i586 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> So do I need to change /etc/rpm/platform to i586-redhat-linux?

just remove the file.

-sv