On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 13:32 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > There are separate downloads for source RPMs for x86_64 and i386. > > As far as I could tell, the FC3 updates SRPMs were identical for the two > architectures. This seems like a good thing, if it works. > > I use both architectures and would like the SRPMs, but hate wasting > bandwidth and disk space. > > Are there important differences between the two packages of SRPMs? > Should I download both? > > Should only one set of SRPMs be released? Perhaps with a small number > of arch-specific SRPMS for those that don't work on all archs. > There are only differences in that not all packages are available for all platforms, so a src.rpm dvd for x86_64 won't include a src.rpm for a package that only is included with x86. If you look at the ftp site, the SRPM directory in each arch is a symlink to a single SRPM directory.
