default rpm query format on x86_64

[Michael Schroeder]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 08:10:56AM -0700, Shahms King wrote:
> The default rpm query format of %{name}-%{version}-%{release} is less
> than optimal on x86_64 where the x86_64 and i386 versions of some
> packages are installed.  I've modified my local rpm macros by creating
> "/etc/rpm/macros.local" with:
> %_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}
> 
> which solves the problem on my computer, but has any thought been given
> to making this the default, at least on x86_64 (or other multi-lib archs)?

Well, SuSE uses a different package name for the i386 version,
e.g. glibc and glibc-32bit. Makes things a lot easier.

Cheers,
  Michael.

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Michael Schroeder                                   mls at suse.de
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