Re: New to x86_64; why so many i386 packages?

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Subject: Re: New to x86_64; why so many i386 packages?
From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:45:59 +0530
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Steve Snyder wrote:

I just installed the x86_64 build of Fedora 8. This is my first everexperience with x86_64 Linux as I haven't had the hardware before now.I'm amazed at the number of duplicate packages installed. My total of2096 packages installed includes 417 i386 and 2 i686 packages, all ofwhich duplicate an existing x86_64 packages.
I understand that some applications don't play nicely when built for64-bit pointers, but is it really necessary to have all thesecompatibility libraries just for those few apps?

Well in rawhide leading to Fedora 9, only the "best" arch wins bydefault. If you want both you can set the policy to do that in yum.conf.In Fedora 8, use the base arch plugin.


Rahul

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