Error: No Package Matching glibc.i686

[Michael Schwendt]

Is this a new feature or a bug? Shouldn't this update also glibc?

$ sudo yum update glibc-common
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-common.i386 0:2.5.90-21 set to be updated
Checking deps for glibc-common.i386 0-2.5.90-21 - u
Checking deps for glibc-common.i386 0-2.5.90-20 - None
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5.90-20 for package: glibc
Error: No Package Matching glibc.i686


On the contrary, yum update glibc and glibc.i686 work just fine:

$ sudo yum update glibc.i686
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5.90-21 set to be updated
Checking deps for glibc.i686 0-2.5.90-21 - u
Checking deps for glibc.i686 0-2.5.90-20 - None
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5.90-21 for package: glibc
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5.90-20 for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5.90-20 for package: glibc-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-common.i386 0:2.5.90-21 set to be updated
Checking deps for glibc-common.i386 0-2.5.90-21 - u
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5.90-21 set to be updated
Checking deps for glibc-devel.i386 0-2.5.90-21 - u
Checking deps for glibc-common.i386 0-2.5.90-20 - None
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.5.90-21 set to be updated
Checking deps for glibc-headers.i386 0-2.5.90-21 - u
Checking deps for glibc-headers.i386 0-2.5.90-20 - None
Checking deps for glibc-devel.i386 0-2.5.90-20 - None

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Updating:
 glibc                   i686       2.5.90-21        development       5.3 M
Updating for dependencies:
 glibc-common            i386       2.5.90-21        development        17 M
 glibc-devel             i386       2.5.90-21        development       2.0 M
 glibc-headers           i386       2.5.90-21        development       609 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)         
Update       4 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 25 M
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Exiting on user Command
Complete!