Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 22:29 +0200, Christian Huegel wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have the x86_64 arch on my server so therfore i expect that yum >> updates only x86_64 packages. >> With the last *yum update* i´ve noticed a strange behaviour while >> retrieving the needed packeges. As you you see, yum wants install >> packages for different architectures: >> >> glibc x86_64 2.3.4-2.25 base 4.9 M >> glibc i686 2.3.4-2.25 base 5.1 M >> . >> . >> . >> dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc11-3_RHEL4_U4 base 396 k >> >> and the list continues. This ends with an bunch of unresolved dependencies. >> ################################# >> My yum.conf: >> [main] >> cachedir=/var/cache/yum >> debuglevel=2 >> logfile=/var/log/yum.log >> pkgpolicy=newest >> distroverpkg=centos-release >> tolerant=1 >> #exclude=kernel* >> exactarch=1 >> retries=20 >> obsoletes=1 >> gpgcheck=1 >> >> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo >> # in /etc/yum.repos.d >> ############################ >> >> and here the CentOS-Base.repo: >> >> ############################################################# >> [base] >> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base >> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os >> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ >> gpgcheck=1 >> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 >> >> #released updates >> [update] >> name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates >> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates >> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ >> gpgcheck=1 >> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 >> >> #packages used/produced in the build but not released >> [addons] >> name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons >> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons >> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ >> gpgcheck=1 >> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 >> >> #additional packages that may be useful >> [extras] >> name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras >> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras >> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ >> gpgcheck=1 >> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 >> >> #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages >> [centosplus] >> name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus >> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus >> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ >> gpgcheck=1 >> enabled=1 >> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 >> >> #contrib - packages by Centos Users >> [contrib] >> name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib >> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib >> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/ >> gpgcheck=1 >> enabled=1 >> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 >> >> ################################### >> >> How can be this possible? >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Chris > > > dmraid.i386 will normally be installed ... x86_64 contains both > i386/i686 and x86_64 packages. > > If you don't have any i386/i686 packages now you can add this to > your /etc/yum.conf file: > > exclude=*.i386 *.i586 *.i686 > > To see if you have any i386 / i686 packages do this ... > > 1. Add this line to a file called .rpmmacros in your home directory: > > %_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch} > > 2. Run this from the commandline: > > rpm -qa | grep i[3,5,6]86 | sort > Hi Johnny, thank you for your quick reply. Here comes the list: compat-libgcc-296-2.96-132.7.2.i386 compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2.i386 device-mapper-1.02.02-3.0.RHEL4.i386 dmraid-1.0.0.rc8-1_RHEL4_U2.i386 glibc-2.3.4-2.19.i686 libgcc-3.4.5-2.i386 libselinux-1.19.1-7.i386 Chris -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060830/1984e4e9/attachment-0005.sig>