Re: x86_64 Tao: yum fall back on i386 RPMs?

Hi,


On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 11:07:53AM -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> Hi.  I'm running Tao on an x86_64 system, and it's going well, but
> when I want to install a new package, yum only sees the ones that are
> x86_64 specific.

So it should be. There is just minimum amount of ia32-stuff included to
get openoffice working (among few other packages). 


> 
> For instance, when I tried to install lilo with "yum install lilo", it
> came up as unavailable.  But I can download the i386 rpm and install
> it with rpm.

lilo doesn't even compile for x86-64 and it's not included with
Tao/x86-64 at all.

> 
> I assume that yum can be told to fall back on the i386 rpms when it
> can't find an x86_64 rpm, but I don't know if that's a good idea.  Can
> anyone share any insights or hints?
> 

I don't think so, but you're free to try it out.


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