Time to make Extras multi-lib?

Jeremy Katz katzj at redhat.com
Fri Jun 23 00:12:42 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 18:47 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> What if there were an option in yum.conf (dunno, could already be
> doable) to not install any i?86 bits, unless the user explicitly
> overrides that setting?

It already exists... just do
  exclude=*.i?86.rpm
in your yum.conf

> > How many developers will run a pure
> > 64bit system and check it works ?
> 
> I've got a pair of spare x86_64 boxes atm, I'd be happy to give it a
> try. Lots of development work on my primary workstation though, so it
> stays multilib. :)

Realistically, I don't see this as something that's likely to be a big
problem

Jeremy




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