yum problem glibc x86_64

[Neal Becker]

I *still* haven't convinced yum to update my x86_64.  The complaint is:
Unable to satisfy dependencies
Package samba needs samba-common = 0:3.0.2a, this is not available.
Package xorg-x11-libs needs xorg-x11-libs-data = 0.0.6.6-0.0.2004_03_11.9,
this is not available.
Package glibc needs glibc-common = 2.3.3-18, this is not available.

I think maybe I can guess what's the problem.  There is both an i686 and an
x86_64 version.  I'm guessing yum wants to update the x86_64 version only,
since this is an x86_64 arch.  If my guess is correct, then this is a
problem we should resolve.  I wish you could tell yum to update a specific
rpm version/arch, at least I could workaround the problem that way.  Of
course, a real solution would be even better.  Or, perhaps my guess is just
wrong, but it's a pretty good theory.