[CentOS] Yum installed perl on CentOS 5.11 64 bit

[John Doe]

From: Niamh Holding <niamh at fullbore.co.uk>

> Is 4:perl-5.8.8-43.el5_11.x86_64 really dependent on the 32 bit  perl.i386
> 4:5.8.8-43.el5_11 as yum is suggesting, or has something got mixed up on
> the system?
> 
> yum install perl
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> * base: repo.bigstepcloud.com
> * epel: mirror.bytemark.co.uk
> * extras: mirrors.vooservers.com
> * rpmforge: mirror.vit.com.tr
> * updates: anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk
> Setting up Install Process
> Package 4:perl-5.8.8-43.el5_11.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Resolving Dependencies
> - --> Running transaction check
> - ---> Package perl.i386 4:5.8.8-43.el5_11 set to be updated
> - --> Finished Dependency Resolution


It says "set to be updated", so the i386 version was already installed... no?

grep exactarch /etc/yum.conf

JD