CentOS - Mar 2011 - yum tries to install a mix of architectures

Hello,

 On my centos boxes whenever I try to install packages I get a mix of
packages from the repos that are both i386 and x86_64 in
archictecture:

==============================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package                                             Arch
                             Version
              Repository                                    Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================Installing:
 boost-devel                                         i386
                             1.33.1-10.el5
              base                                         4.3 M
 boost-devel                                         x86_64
                             1.33.1-10.el5
              base                                         4.4 M
Installing for dependencies:
 boost                                               i386
                             1.33.1-10.el5
              base                                         863 k
 boost                                               x86_64
                             1.33.1-10.el5
              base                                         861 k
 libicu                                              i386
                             3.6-5.11.4
              base                                         5.2 M
 libicu                                              x86_64
                             3.6-5.11.4
              base                                         5.2 M

Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================Install
6 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)




Without having so specify the arch on each yum command how can I
automatically prune my yum repo files so that it will only grab
packages that relate to the architecture I'm running?


Thanks in advance!


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centos-bounces at centos.org schrieb am 07.03.2011 15:41:04:
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> [CentOS] yum tries to install a mix of architectures
> 
> Hello,
> 
>  On my centos boxes whenever I try to install packages I get a mix of
> packages from the repos that are both i386 and x86_64 in
> archictecture:
> 
> 
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================>
Package                                             Arch
>                              Version
>               Repository                                    Size
> 
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================>
Installing:
>  boost-devel                                         i386
>                              1.33.1-10.el5
>               base                                         4.3 M
>  boost-devel                                         x86_64
>                              1.33.1-10.el5
>               base                                         4.4 M
> Installing for dependencies:
>  boost                                               i386
>                              1.33.1-10.el5
>               base                                         863 k
>  boost                                               x86_64
>                              1.33.1-10.el5
>               base                                         861 k
>  libicu                                              i386
>                              3.6-5.11.4
>               base                                         5.2 M
>  libicu                                              x86_64
>                              3.6-5.11.4
>               base                                         5.2 M
> 
> Transaction Summary
> 
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================>
Install       6 Package(s)
> Upgrade       0 Package(s)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Without having so specify the arch on each yum command how can I
> automatically prune my yum repo files so that it will only grab
> packages that relate to the architecture I'm running?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> 
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Hi Tim Dunphy,
that's a normal way when you're using x86_64. Do you need 32bit
software?
If not you can remove them with "yum remove *386".
 
 
Gru? 
Andreas Reschke
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> ?On my centos boxes whenever I try to install packages I get a mix of
> packages from the repos that are both i386 and x86_64 in
> archictecture:
Jump to CentOS 6. Wait, that's not out yet. Buy an RHEL 6 license or
test with Scientic Linux 6 until CentOS 6 is out. The default behavior
of yum has changed, and it's just safier and easier to work with an
architecture that does the "more selective" thing by deffault.

On Mar 7, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On my centos boxes whenever I try to install packages I get a mix of
> packages from the repos that are both i386 and x86_64 in
> archictecture:
Yum doesn't implicitly know if you want the 64 or 32-bit versions so it
selects both. If you only want 64-bit put .x86_64 at the end of the package
name.

The 32-bit versions are there for 32-bit binary application support.

-Ross