yum multilib_policy default for F9

Hans de Goede j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Mon Feb 4 06:47:23 UTC 2008


Matt Domsch wrote:
> Seth added a new feature to yum, letting one specify the multilib
> policy system-wide.  This is similar to the yum-basearchonly plugin,
> only better integrated into yum itself.
> 
> multilib_policy=all  (current default, matches F8 and earlier behavior)
>   'yum install firefox' will install firefox.i386 and firefox.x86_64
>   on an x86_64 system.
> 
> multilib_policy=best  (desired behavior IMHO)
>   'yum install firefox' will install firefox.x86_64 on an x86_64
>   system.  'yum install firefox.i386' will install firefox.i386.
> 
> Depsolving still happens as expected, so installing an .i386 app with
> 'yum localinstall foo.i386.rpm' will depsolve and pull in any .i386
> dependencies.
> 
> 
> What are the objections, besides timing (Alpha is finished, Beta is ~1
> month away) to switching the default from 'all' to 'best' for F9?
> 
> 

multilib_policy=best as default gets a +1 from me


Regards,

Hans




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