On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:43:50AM +1000, snort bsd wrote:
> i am using rh8 and the machine ("uname -m") is i686.
> there are a lot of upgrades for rh8; some for i386 and
> some for i686. could i use them in mixed fasion, as
> long as those rpm packages have the same version
> number?

If the 686 variant of the package is available, use it.  This is
extremely important for the kernel and glibc.  If there isn't a 686
package available, you should be able to use the 386 version in most
cases, with glibc being a notable exception.

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