yum + mulitarch + updates

[dragoran]

Ian Burrell schrieb:
> On 4/1/06, dragoran <dragoran at feuerpokemon.de> wrote:
>   
>> I have noticed that when I have package foo-1.0.i386 installed and some
>> other (x86_64) repo has foo-1.1.x86_64 yum updates foo and removes the
>> i386 one.
>> (livna mplayerplug-in was it here).
>> Updates should not be crossarch a i386 package should only be updated to
>> a i386 one (same for x86_64).
>> Any reason for doing this? Or is this a bug thats needs to be filled?
>>
>>     
>
> Can you give an actual example?
>
> Also, did you change your /etc/yum.conf file?  There is a setting,
> exactarch, which controls whether yum will upgrade to across
> architectures.  The default is exactarch=1.  It is even more strict
> than x86_64/i386; it won't upgrade between glibc.i386 and glibc.i686
> for exampe.
>
>  - Ian
>
>   
no yum.conf is stock (checked)
here is the output of yum check-update
azureus.x86_64                           2.4.0.3-0.20060328cvs_ extras
ffmpeg.x86_64                            0.4.9-0.21.20051228.lv livna
gwget.x86_64                             0.97-3.fc5             extras
mplayerplug-in.x86_64                    3.21-1.lvn5            livna
xine-lib.x86_64                          1.1.1-5.lvn5           livna
xine-lib-devel.x86_64                    1.1.1-5.lvn5           livna
----
rpm -q mplayerplug-in
mplayerplug-in-3.21-fc4
rpm -q mplayerplug-in --queryformat %{ARCH}
i386
so this is a bug?