[CentOS] Can't install Python i686 on x86_64 system (centos 6.5)

[John Doe]

From: mag3690 <mag3690 at gmail.com>

> I was trying to update CentOS 6.4 to 6.5,and the yum updated failed with the
> following information.
> --> Processing Conflict: python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.x86_64 conflicts python 
> <
> 2.6.6-51.el6
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: python-devel conflicts with python-2.6.6-37.el6_4.i686
> You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
> You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles –nodigest
> 
> How can we have both 32 bit and 64 bit python devel on 64 bit machine.

Where does that python-2.6.6-37.el6_4.i686 package come from...?  Scientific Linux?

JD