f8t2: option to install only x86_64 packages?

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 09/25/2007 06:48 PM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
> Just installed f8 t2 on my x86_64 system and noticing a pletora of i386 libs
> installed.
> Now I'm erasing these 402 packages...
> Ok for the default of multilib, but couldn't it be possible at least to ask
> an option at os install time, so that only x86_64 arch packages are
> installed?
> I seem to remember exactarch=1 in yum.conf or something similar when you
> have a running system, but I don't know if during anaconda install time yum
> is used or not....
> 
> It would be nice to be able to install only x86_64 packages on a x86_64
> system, finally!
> 

To get rid of all i386 packages:

  # yum erase glibc.i686

To make them never come back:

  # yum install yum-basearchonly

To make them never get installed:

  Keep pestering the installer team.  :)