x86_32 yum $basearch

[Paul Howarth]

seth vidal wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 09:42 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> Now that Fedora 11 x86_32 is going to be based on i586 packages rather 
>> than i386 packages, does it follow that yum's $basearch will change from 
>> i386 to i586 and hence repository directory layouts changing too, or 
>> will it stay at i386?
>>
> 
> I don't think it will change. For a few reasons:
> 
> 1. non-fedora repos
> 2. non-fedora distros
> 3. this is why we also have $arch in addition to $basearch
> 
> make sense?

Certainly from the point of view of being the least disruptive option; 
it'll just look a bit strange having i386 "Everything" repos with no 
i386 packages in them...

Paul.