CentOS - Apr 2007 - URGENT: Skip installation ix86 packages from kickstart on 64bit arch?

Hi,

 Has any one know how to skip ix86 packages from
installation in Centos kickstart? Most of our machines
have 64bit Intel/AMD CPUs, and it make non-sense to
still keep 32bit compatibility. Even worse of i*86
packages is, when upgrade we have to recompile both
ix86 version and x86_64 version to get an automatic
yum upgrade.

 I know we could use 'exclude' option to exclude i*86
packages from yum calculation/upgrade; But, if this
can be extended to kickstart?

 Thanks a lot.


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On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Robinson Tiemuqinke
alleged:
> Hi,
> 
>  Has any one know how to skip ix86 packages from
> installation in Centos kickstart? Most of our machines
> have 64bit Intel/AMD CPUs, and it make non-sense to
> still keep 32bit compatibility. Even worse of i*86
> packages is, when upgrade we have to recompile both
> ix86 version and x86_64 version to get an automatic
> yum upgrade.
> 
>  I know we could use 'exclude' option to exclude i*86
> packages from yum calculation/upgrade; But, if this
> can be extended to kickstart?
> 
>  Thanks a lot.
That's funny.  I never get 32bit packages on my kickstarted x86_64
boxes.  I have to install them seperately on %post.

-- 
Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin
University of Southern California
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Garrick and all,

 I'm using Kickstart as well. Would you mind to attach
the packages selection section of your kickstart
configuration file?

 My package selection section is attached below, would
you mind to have a look?

--David

%packages
# 'base' and 'core' are always selected, here we just
specified explicitly
@base
@core
@system-tools

-bluez-hcidump
-bluez-gnome
-bluez-libs
-bluez-utils
-ccid ## Generic USB CCID smart card reader driver
-coolkey ## Linux Driver support for the CoolKey and
CAC products.
-pcmciautils
-wpa_supplicant


-ppp
-rp-pppoe
-arptables_jf ## Userspace control program for the
arptables network filter
-dhcpv6_client ## DHCPv6 client
-finger
-gpm
-microcode_ctl
-NetworkManager
-oddjob
-oddjob-libs
-prelink
-rdate
-rsh
-talk
-zisofs-tools
-samba-client
-samba-common






--- Garrick Staples <garrick at usc.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Robinson
> Tiemuqinke alleged:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  Has any one know how to skip ix86 packages from
> > installation in Centos kickstart? Most of our
> machines
> > have 64bit Intel/AMD CPUs, and it make non-sense
> to
> > still keep 32bit compatibility. Even worse of i*86
> > packages is, when upgrade we have to recompile
> both
> > ix86 version and x86_64 version to get an
> automatic
> > yum upgrade.
> > 
> >  I know we could use 'exclude' option to exclude
> i*86
> > packages from yum calculation/upgrade; But, if
> this
> > can be extended to kickstart?
> > 
> >  Thanks a lot.
> 
> That's funny.  I never get 32bit packages on my
> kickstarted x86_64
> boxes.  I have to install them seperately on %post.
> 
> -- 
> Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin
> University of Southern California
> > _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> 

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Garrick and all,

 The format is not good in my former email, I'll
repost it again now.

--David

%packages
# 'base' and 'core' are always selected, here we just
specified explicitly
@base
@core
@system-tools

-bluez-hcidump
-bluez-gnome
-bluez-libs
-bluez-utils
-ccid ## Generic USB CCID smart card reader driver
-coolkey ## Linux Driver support for the CoolKey and
CAC products.
-pcmciautils
-wpa_supplicant


-ppp
-rp-pppoe
-arptables_jf ## Userspace control program for the
arptables network filter
-dhcpv6_client ## DHCPv6 client
-finger
-gpm
-microcode_ctl
-NetworkManager
-oddjob
-oddjob-libs
-prelink
-rdate
-rsh
-talk
-zisofs-tools
-samba-client
-samba-common



--- Garrick Staples <garrick at usc.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Robinson
> Tiemuqinke alleged:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  Has any one know how to skip ix86 packages from
> > installation in Centos kickstart? Most of our
> machines
> > have 64bit Intel/AMD CPUs, and it make non-sense
> to
> > still keep 32bit compatibility. Even worse of i*86
> > packages is, when upgrade we have to recompile
> both
> > ix86 version and x86_64 version to get an
> automatic
> > yum upgrade.
> > 
> >  I know we could use 'exclude' option to exclude
> i*86
> > packages from yum calculation/upgrade; But, if
> this
> > can be extended to kickstart?
> > 
> >  Thanks a lot.
> 
> That's funny.  I never get 32bit packages on my
> kickstarted x86_64
> boxes.  I have to install them seperately on %post.
> 
> -- 
> Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin
> University of Southern California
> > _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> 

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