On 12/28/2011 06:02 AM, Michael Lampe wrote:
nope. its actually quite a major pain to manage..
you forgot to mention what you installed, how you did it and what you expected V/s achieved
I have installed all the packages from the two x86_64 DVDs with (eventually):
yum install --exclude=ovirt* *
I'm not using any internet-based repos for now, because of limited bandwidth at home.
I haven't touched 6.x before 6.2 and just thought it would be as in 5.x (biarch wise).
With 6.2 everything on my X301 semms to be working much better or at least as good as in 5.7.
I will slowly, carefully, and thankfully play with your Christmas present in the next two weeks. :)
-Michael
Biarch is actually only needed for libraries and support packages. Running native i386 application on x86_64 does not make much sense (third-party apps are another thing).
So logic behind biarch is simple. "If your 32-bit app rpm requests 32-bit support package/app it will be installed at the same time as that package".Or you can manually add/install needed package(s), like several packages, for Skype (32-bit) for example. But there is no need to waste useful space for package that will never be used (in case of 64-bit apps).