Re: Upgrading computer from i586 to x86_64

Olivier Thauvin wrote:

>Le Sunday 3 April 2005 13:12, Stefan van der Eijk a écrit :
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>>Interesting. Can you provide a complete list?
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>I update some rpm since, but notice I have kde running, Xorg, ect...
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>[root@draco main]# rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n" | 
>grep 'x86_64' | sort
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>bash-3.0-2mdk.x86_64
>binutils-2.15.92.0.2-6mdk.x86_64
>bootloader-utils-1.9-2mdk.x86_64
>bzip2-1.0.2-20mdk.x86_64
>chkconfig-1.3.13-3mdk.x86_64
>coreutils-5.2.1-5mdk.x86_64
>cracklib-dicts-2.7-18mdk.x86_64
>diffutils-2.8.7-2mdk.x86_64
>e2fsprogs-1.36-3mdk.x86_64
>elfutils-0.99-1mdk.x86_64
>ethtool-1.8-1mdk.x86_64
>gawk-3.1.4-1mdk.x86_64
>gcc-3.4.3-6mdk.x86_64
>gcc-cpp-3.4.3-6mdk.x86_64
>gettext-base-0.14.1-10mdk.x86_64
>glibc-2.3.4-7mdk.x86_64
>glibc-devel-2.3.4-7mdk.x86_64
>glibc-static-devel-2.3.4-7mdk.x86_64
>grep-2.5.1a-1mdk.x86_64
>hot-babe-0.2.2-2plf.x86_64
>ifplugd-0.26-2mdk.x86_64
>info-install-4.8-1mdk.x86_64
>iproute2-2.6.10-1mdk.x86_64
>iputils-20020927-5mdk.x86_64
>kernel-2.6.11.2mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64atk1.0_0-1.9.1-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64beecrypt6-3.1.0-5mdk.x86_64
>lib64binutils2-2.15.92.0.2-6mdk.x86_64
>lib64bzip2_1-1.0.2-20mdk.x86_64
>lib64crack2-2.7-18mdk.x86_64
>lib64db4.2-4.2.52-6mdk.x86_64
>lib64elfutils1-0.99-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64expat0-1.95.8-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64ext2fs2-1.36-3mdk.x86_64
>lib64fontconfig1-2.2.99-3mdk.x86_64
>lib64freetype6-2.1.9-4mdk.x86_64
>lib64gdbm3-1.8.3-2mdk.x86_64
>lib64gdk_pixbuf2.0_0-2.6.4-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64glib1.2-1.2.10-15mdk.x86_64
>lib64glib2.0_0-2.6.3-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64gtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.6.4-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64intl3-0.14.1-10mdk.x86_64
>lib64iw27-27-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64jpeg62-6b-34mdk.x86_64
>lib64ncurses5-5.4-1.20050108.1mdk.x86_64
>lib64openssl0.9.7-0.9.7e-5mdk.x86_64
>lib64pam0-0.77-26mdk.x86_64
>lib64pango1.0_0-1.8.1-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64pango1.0_0-modules-1.8.1-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64pcre0-5.0-2mdk.x86_64
>lib64png3-1.2.8-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64pq3-8.0.1-3mdk.x86_64
>lib64pwdb0-0.62-2mdk.x86_64
>lib64rpmconstant0-0.0.4-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64selinux1-1.21.9-1mdk.x86_64
>lib64slang1-1.4.9-6mdk.x86_64
>lib64termcap2-2.0.8-36mdk.x86_64
>lib64tiff3-3.6.1-8mdk.x86_64
>lib64usb0.1_4-0.1.8-7mdk.x86_64
>lib64xorg-x11-6.8.2-3mdk.x86_64
>lib64xpm4-3.4k-30mdk.x86_64
>mingetty-1.07-3mdk.x86_64
>mktemp-1.5-12mdk.x86_64
>modutils-2.4.26-3mdk.x86_64
>mount-2.12a-12mdk.x86_64
>ncurses-5.4-1.20050108.1mdk.x86_64
>pam-0.77-26mdk.x86_64
>perl-5.8.6-6mdk.x86_64
>perl-base-5.8.6-6mdk.x86_64
>perl-Compress-Zlib-1.34-1mdk.x86_64
>perl-DBD-Pg-1.40-1mdk.x86_64
>perl-DBI-1.47-1mdk.x86_64
>perl-Digest-SHA1-2.10-2mdk.x86_64
>perl-Hdlist-0.07-1mdk.x86_64
>perl-Locale-gettext-1.01-14mdk.x86_64
>perl-MDK-Common-1.1.22-2mdk.x86_64
>perl-URPM-1.11-1mdk.x86_64
>pkgconfig-0.15.0-5mdk.x86_64
>popt-1.8.3-9mdk.x86_64
>procps-3.2.5-1mdk.x86_64
>psmisc-21.5-3mdk.x86_64
>pwdb-conf-0.62-2mdk.x86_64
>rpm-4.2.3-9mdk.x86_64
>sash-3.7-3mdk.x86_64
>sed-4.1.4-2mdk.x86_64
>setup-2.6-1mdk.x86_64
>tar-1.15.1-2mdk.x86_64
>unzip-5.51-1mdk.x86_64
>usbutils-0.70-3mdk.x86_64
>util-linux-2.12a-12mdk.x86_64
>which-2.16-2mdk.x86_64
>wireless-tools-27-1mdk.x86_64
>yp-tools-2.9-1mdk.x86_64
>zlib1-1.2.2.2-2mdk.x86_64
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>>for i in `rpm -qa | sort`; do arch=`rpm -q --queryformat %{ARCH} ${i}`;
>>if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]; then echo $i; fi; done
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>>FYI: In the bottom layer of Mandrakes x86_64 some of the packages
>>contain both i586 and x86_64 libs (glibc, popt, zlib to name a few).
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>>I'm wondering how many of those you have in there...
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>>>BTW there is an issue with perl dependancies, my perl-base requires
>>>modules in x86_64/ directory, but nothing prevent installing perl module
>>>i586, but it will not work because located in i386 directory.
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>>Interesting. Would it be possible to keep running i586 perl only? Or did
>>something force you to upgrade to x86_64 perl?
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>In fact, it depends of your perl, both perl-base can't coexist at time, so 
>perl module will allways be searched 
>into /usr/lib/perl/.../{ARCH_OF_PERLBASE}/...
>If you want to run perl 32 bits, install perl-base-i586, otherwise 
>perl-base-x86_64.
>I notice urpmi was unable to see my computer as x86_64 until I install 
>perl-base for x86_64, even I allready upgrade rpm it self.
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>>This is all very similar to what I'm seeing on my sparc(64) box. 64bit
>>kernel, and then a near 100% userland:
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>>$ for i in `rpm -qa | sort`; do arch=`rpm -q --queryformat %{ARCH}
>>${i}`; if [ "${arch}" = "sparc64" ]; then echo $i; fi; done
>>kernel-tmb-2.6.3-4.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk
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>sparc vs sparc64, ppc vs ppc64, i586 vs x86_64, all those works in same way. 
>Working on all give opportunity to discover early bugs, I think.
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Very true...

/me just hopes that fixes for the "other" platform (sparc64) will also 
make it into the distro...

http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker/2005-03/msg05872.php