i586 to i686 upgrade

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters at mac.com>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: i586 to i686 upgrade


>
> On 02/16/2005 08:24:11 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote:
>> I've just moved my wife's Fedora Core 3 drive from a VIA C3-based
>> system to an Pentium III-based box.  How can I convince RPM, up2date,
>> etc. that it's now running on an i686 rather than an i586?
>
> Should just happen.
> Packages for i586 may not be replaced automatically until the next time 
> there is an update for them, but where there is - it should grab the  i686 
> package if there is a choice.
>
> -- 
> Michael A. Peters
> http://mpeters.us/

Take a look at /etc/rpm/platform.  My system is an i686 and the file looks 
like this:

i686-redhat-linux

If yours is different you might need to change it.

Thomas