mergerepos of f10 x86_64 release and updates does not contain perl or some other packages?

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:08:43 -0400, Mike Bonnet <mikeb at redhat.com> wrote:
> Steve Traylen wrote:
>> Note the main box I am working on is 32 bit F10 box which may be
relevant
>> and
>> the reason why only subsequently the i386 build works?
> 
> You can't use a x86_64 chroot on a i386 box, nothing in the chroot will 
> run.  I suspect rpm is preventing installation of x86_64 packages on a 
> i386 host.
> 

I think it's YUM that does not include the x86_64 in the pkgSack (using
yum.rpmUtils.arch.getArchList() over rpmUtils.arch.getBaseArch()).

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
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