up2date (was Yum and exactarch=1)

[Michael Stenner]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 09:50:52PM +0200, Matias Feliciano wrote:
> Le mar 06/04/2004 à 21:24, Michael Stenner a écrit :
> > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 09:11:20PM +0200, Matias Feliciano wrote:
> > > Le mar 06/04/2004 à 20:49, Michael Stenner a écrit :
> > > > If don't want to use exactarch, then you don't have to.  Yum will
> > > > still only use architectures that are appropriate for your system.
> > > > It's not like it's going to put a ppc binary on your system :)
> > > 
> > > I said that up2date have the behavior of "exactarch=1" yum option.
> > > 
> > > Until now, for me, "exactarch=1" does not permit the installation of an
> > > i686 on an i486 system or does not permit arch "upgrade" (i368 -> i686).
> > 
> > Yes.  It sounds like you want exactarch=0.  So, I suggest you use
> > exactarch=0  :)
> 
> You missed the point here. There is no "exactarch=0" in up2date. There
> is no exactarch option at all in up2date.
> Right now, yum with "exactarch=0" do the trick (I'm happy :-)). Not
> up2date.

Gotch.  You're right.  I did miss the point :)

> I was "anxious" about a potential bug (yum man page is a little
> confusing).

It is indeed a little confusing.

					-Michael
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