At Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:54:18 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
(2011/07/13 12:07), Edo wrote:
.... “exclude=*.i?86” in your /etc/yum.conf
Like many, I dislike both i386 and x64 packages being installed on my x64 machines.
However, is there a potential danger than in installing only x64 packages, one of the required files might be available only in i386 format and thus detrimentally excluded ?
If there is some program you want or need and use yum to install it, yum will install any needed dependencies. If the package needs an i386 package, yum will install it or if you have an "exclude=*.i?86", yum will complain that there are unresolved dependencies (and tell you what they are). You can then edit /etc/yum.conf to make whatever exceptions are needed.
I don't think any of the core packages are dependent on any i386 packages.
Some illuminating clarity is welcome.