[WBEL-users] Re: Yum missing packages for WBEL4?

[Eric B.]

Ok - well after some serious playing around with different options, Karanbir 
was kind enough to suggest appending the following to my /etc/yum.conf file, 
and it has done the trick.

#Added line for the Box to stay x86_64 clean

exclude=*.i386 *.i686 *.i586

This will not pickup, and therefore not include in any transaction set - any 
of the 32bit pkgs.

Thanks Karanbir!

"Karanbir Singh" <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote in message 
news:4386E456.3050108 at karan.org...
> Eric B. wrote:
>>>You might want to create a .rpmmacros file in the user's home directory 
>>>( and/or in /root ) with an entry like this :
>>>
>>>%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}
>>>
>>>so that all your rpm querries will then show {arch} as well as 
>>>pkgname-version-release ( and make it look like yum's output )
>>
>>
>>
>> I tried adding the .rpmmacros file as suggested, but am still no further 
>> ahead.
>
> the rpmmacro's would only change the way rpm displays pkg names when you 
> do a querry.
>
>> In theory, I assume I can probably fix the dependency by installing the 
>> .i386rpm, but that requires installing several other .i386 dependant 
>> packages as well.  So I essentially end up having copies of both the 
>> .i386 and the x86_64 libs on my system.  Apart from taking twice the 
>> space, I can't help be imagine that there will be conflicts down the 
>> road.
>
> There will be no problems as such, i386 and x86_64 pkgs occupy different 
> namespaces.
>
> Surely,  you are not expecting a 32bit app to use 64bit lib's ...
>
>
>> Is it normal to have to install both 32 & 64 bit libs?  It would seem 
>> that in theory, one only should need the 64bit libs if they exist....
>
> yes, its normal to have 32bit and 64bit lib's installed at the same time - 
> if you have 32bit and 64bit applications that use them. Its actually one 
> of the good things about rpm based distro's + yum, which can handle such 
> issues with no problems.
>
> -- 
> Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq