[CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only
Peter Kjellstrom
cap at nsc.liu.se
Tue Aug 7 18:32:38 UTC 2007
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
...
> Unless you are planning to run only stripped-down systems, that can
> cause trouble. A lot of packages do not have 64-bit versions
Quite a big leap from this (lots of packages, cause trouble, ..)
> and need
> (lots of) 32-bit support packages and libraries to run. E.g., web
> browsers (whose 64-bit versions run just fine until you need a plug-in
> that's only available in 32-bit versions).
...to this (problem when you need a 3rd party browser plugin that's not
available in 64-bit).
I run many machines just fine with very few ix86 packages (glibc as the op
also mentioned can be nice to have around..). IMHO having lots of 32-bit
packages causes more problems than it's worth (as a default).
/Peter
> Just a comment - I don't have a specific solution (yet).
>
> mhr
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