Re: how make sure yum installs <= i586?

seth vidal wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 10:50 -0400, seandarcy wrote:
>> I posted this on fedora.general, without success, so any help appreciated.
>>
>> I'm running fc6 on an old i586 machine. yum updates the kernel correctly 
>>    (that is, kernel.i586), and does not install glibc.i686.
>>
>> But, it continues to install openssl.i686, which causes no end of 
>> trouble, because this a remote machine. openssl.i686 hoses sshd and rpm. 
>>   So someone actually has to crawl though a long shaftway, and set the 
>> machine to allow telnet.
>>
>> I have exactarch=1.
>>
>> cat /etc/yum.conf
>> [main]
>> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
>> keepcache=0
>> debuglevel=2
>> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
>> pkgpolicy=newest
>> distroverpkg=redhat-release
>> tolerant=1
>> exactarch=1
>> obsoletes=1
>> gpgcheck=1
>> plugins=1
>> metadata_expire=1800
>>
>>   uname -p
>> i586
>>
>> cat fedora-updates.repo
>> [updates]
>> name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Updates
>> #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc$releasever&arch=$basearch
>> enabled=1
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
>> ........
>>
>> I have no i686 packages installed:
>> rpm -q glibc
>> glibc-2.5-18.fc6.i386
>>
> 
> please provide the output of:
> 
> cat /etc/rpm/platform
> 
cat /etc/rpm/platform
athlon-redhat-linux

!!!

> and
> 
> uname -a
> 

  uname -a
Linux MyMachine 2.6.22.9-61.fc6 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 17:45:57 EDT 2007 i586 
i586 i386 GNU/Linux

So do I need to change /etc/rpm/platform to i586-redhat-linux?

sean