x86_64 kernel + i586 F11 userspace + yum

[Warren Togami]

On 06/09/2009 01:44 PM, drago01 wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Paul Jakma<paul at dishone.st>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I run the above system, and everything works fine (except perhaps for
>> SELinux[1]). I have created a /etc/rpm/platform containing
>> 'i586-redhat-linux'.
>>
>> Well, everything works except for one thing: yum. Installing with 'yum
>> install name' no longer works, I must now instead explicitly specify the
>> arch, e.g. 'yum install name.i58'.
>>
>> Does anyone know a fix for this?

setarch i386 chroot /path/to/i586root

Do this and yum will behave properly.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com