On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Bart Schaefer wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:17:17 -0700 > From: Bart Schaefer <barton.schaefer at gmail.com> > Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Yum, duplicate packages, 4.3->4.4 upgrade. > > On 10/10/06, itayf at nospammail.net <itayf at nospammail.net> wrote: > > > > 'yum deplist' on the list of installed packages revealed many > > cases in which both x86_64 and i[356]86 packages provide the same > > dependency. > > This information is probably not all that useful. Obviously the [snip] > I think what you're really looking for is the set of packages that > appear in your previous rpm listing as duplicates, but that DO NOT > appear in the deplist output at all. The packages that DO appear in > the deplist are presumably those that you need to keep. Good I asked (wiping sweat off forehead :-) Following your suggestion it looks like all duplicates are required... Sorry for wasting your time, but thanks for the help. Itay > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >