RE: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Kjellstrom > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:34 PM > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only > > On Tuesday 07 August 2007,

Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: ... > Maybe it's time for Yet-Another-Yum-Plugin YAYP, I will call it > yum-arch-affinity and will only select the target arch of a package > if multiple versions resolve, and if only 1 resolves to allow that > to go through, this should allow pac

Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Mark Hull-Richter wrote: ... > Unless you are planning to run only stripped-down systems, that can > cause trouble. A lot of packages do not have 64-bit versions Quite a big leap from this (lots of packages, cause trouble, ..) > and need > (lots of) 32-bit support pack

RE: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akemi Yagi > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:08 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only > > On 8/7/07, Ross S. W. Walker &

Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Akemi Yagi
On 8/7/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a couple 64-bit CentOS 5 installations here and was wondering if > there was a yum option to have it install only x86_64 arch by default > if no arch is specified. > > I tired of having to append .x86_64 on all package names I onl

RE: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Hull-Richter > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:01 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only > > On 8/7/07, Ross S. W. Walker &

Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Jim Perrin
On 8/7/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a couple 64-bit CentOS 5 installations here and was wondering if > there was a yum option to have it install only x86_64 arch by default > if no arch is specified. > > I tired of having to append .x86_64 on all package names I onl

Re: [CentOS] Yum install preferred arch only

2007-08-07 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/7/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a couple 64-bit CentOS 5 installations here and was wondering if > there was a yum option to have it install only x86_64 arch by default > if no arch is specified. > > I tired of having to append .x86_64 on all package names I