Re: [CentOS] x86_64 rpms

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 02:38:42PM +0200, David Hrbá? enlightened us:

I'm preparing a new x86_64 build machine and I'm looking at installed rpms. I have found a lot of packages are marked i386 or i686. I have even found I have two version of package installed: glibc-2.3.4-2.36-i686 glibc-2.3.4-2.36-x86_64

What's the reason in duplicity and why not all packages are x86_64. Thanks in advance, David

Some programs are not available in 64-bit packages (e.g. openoffice). Those packages need 32-bit libraries to run, so you are seeing the necessary packages for those 32-bit apps.

Matt